The Veteran is denied an effective date prior to July 12, 2023 for the grant of a 30 percent rating for right knee joint effusion with medial collateral ligament sprain and chondromalacia patella with limitation of extension.,An effective date of October 26, 2021 but no earlier is granted for the separate award of service connection for left knee limitation of extension.
The deciding factor: The increase in right knee disability was not factually ascertainable prior to July 12, 2023.,The Veteran's claim for left knee limitation of extension was continuously pursued and an effective date of October 26, 2021 is granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee joint effusion with medial collateral ligament sprain and chondromalacia patella with limitation of extension, Left knee tendinosis and Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease with limitation of extension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 10, 2026
- Citation
- A26021265
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