Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection of right and left knee strain and instability, finding that he initiated a claim on May 16, 2022.
The deciding factor: The evidence persuasively weighs against finding any prior claims for service connection for knee disabilities, thus an earlier effective date is not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee strain with muscle atrophy, left knee strain, right knee instability, left knee instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096511
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