The Board granted a September 1, 2020, effective date for the award of service connection for left knee strain with osteoarthritis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran continuously pursued his claim and met the criteria for an earlier effective date based on the evidence of record.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee strain with osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25037551
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,017 · 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.
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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