Granted
The Board granted an effective date of September 14, 1987 for the lumbar spine disability and October 31, 1991 for the right knee disability based on new and relevant service records.
The deciding factor: The additional service department records were in existence but not previously associated with the claims file, and are necessary to corroborate the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine disability, Right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016782
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