The veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disorder was denied, but his claims for increased ratings and total disability rating based on individual unemployability were granted.
The deciding factor: The RO found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for a right knee disorder. The veteran's other claims for increased ratings and total disability rating based on individual unemployability were addressed and granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disorder, Left Hip and Sacroiliac Joint (Status Post Fusion with Left Iliac Crest Bone Graft), Ruptured C1 Transverse Ligament, L5-S1 Degenerative Disc Disease with Left Radiculopathy, Left Knee Arthritis, Right Hip Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 24, 2001
- Citation
- 0101860
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee disorder is related to his military service and grants entitlement to service connection.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's left knee disability did not begin during service or is otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease, and it is not etiologically related to a service-connected condition. Therefore, the claim for service connection for a left knee disability is denied.
- Granted
The Veteran's left total knee replacement with left knee arthritis and scar, status post left knee arthroscopy, are granted a disability rating of 60 percent effective February 28, 2025.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for a right knee disorder and an initial compensable rating for TBI, as new evidence was received. The effective date for service connection for TBI is being remanded.
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