The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for right knee limitation of flexion from September 4, 2020 and denied an effective date earlier than May 13, 2022 for the 20 percent rating for right knee limitation of flexion.
The deciding factor: The Board found that entitlement to a 10 percent rating was shown during the period on appeal prior to May 13, 2022 based on painful motion, but an effective date earlier than May 13, 2022 for the 20 percent rating was not factually ascertainable.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee limitation of flexion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25029232
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 882 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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