The Board granted an effective date of September 14, 2016 for the award of service connection for left and right knee total knee replacements.
The deciding factor: An effective date can be based on the date a claim was first submitted if the issue is continuously pursued through one of the review avenues allowed under 38 U.S.C. § 5110(a)(2).
- Claimed conditions
- left knee status post total knee arthroplasty, right knee status post total knee arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019354
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,164 · Granted: 31% (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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee arthritis and a separate 30 percent or higher rating for the period from January 1, 2020, to July 23, 2025, but granted a 10 percent rating for right knee slight recurrent subluxation and lateral instability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for higher initial ratings for left and right knee disabilities are being remanded due to the need for additional medical records, a new examination, and consideration of the new evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for the VA to obtain additional treatment records and readjudicate his claims of a higher rating for left knee disability and TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the current nature and severity of the Veteran's service-connected left knee status post total knee arthroplasty.
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