Quote Originally Posted by javcs View Post
Ah, but while both of those have a positive LA, their LA values are lower than the baseline version.

As such, while they have a positive LA, it is not an increased LA over the baseline, which was the original question.
Well, "greater" usually means "advanced by 8-12 RHD" which also sometimes brings with it some stat boosts or a size increase. Obviously, no PC is going to spend 8 HD on +8 STR and some natural armor, so they are pretty much invariably lower LA (unless you ask WotC, in which case more stat boosts = more LA regardless of how many RHD you pay for it).