Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of November 29, 1979 for the grant of service connection for left knee DJD due to clear and unmistakable error in the May 8, 2013 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The AOJ failed to properly apply 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(c) when assigning the appropriate effective date, resulting in an undebatable legal error that would have led to the assignment of an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative joint disease with sprain (left knee DJD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25009709
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