Denied
The veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection of right knee degenerative arthritis with Osgood-Schlatter's disease was denied. The earliest possible effective date is October 19, 2022.
The deciding factor: The Board could not consider evidence submitted after the March 2023 agency decision.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative arthritis with Osgood-Schlatter's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25003762
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