The Board granted an earlier effective date of April 19, 2010, for a 10 percent disability rating for post-traumatic arthritis of the left knee and a 20 percent disability rating for other impairment of the left knee.
The deciding factor: Based on the evidence showing that the increase in disability had occurred during the year before the claim was filed, an earlier effective date can be granted as of April 19, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic arthritis of the left knee, Other impairment of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25005138
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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