The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date than June 30, 2022, for service connection for right knee disability, left knee disability, and low back disability.

The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received within a year of the final rating decisions from January 1998, April 2009, and February 2015, and the veteran did not file a formal claim until June 30, 2022.

Claimed conditions

right knee meniscal tear and anterior cruciate ligament tear (right knee disability), degenerative disc disease other than intervertebral disc syndrome (low back disability), left knee strain (left knee disability)

How they argued it

Reopened with new and material evidence

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 10, 2025

Citation

A25087895

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