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
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to inadequate examination reports and failure to address possible evidence of left knee instability.
- Denied
The Board denied entitlement to disability ratings in excess of 20 percent for the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities prior to May 16, 2013.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to higher disability ratings for bilateral knee disabilities due to inadequate compliance with a prior remand directive.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional examinations and development of the claims, including obtaining medical records and providing adequate VA examinations to address his service connection and increased rating claims.
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