Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for left knee strain, as the earliest claim was received on December 1, 2023.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support associating the January 2023 intent to file with a later claim submitted in December 2023, and thus the effective date remained December 1, 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25110086
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