The Board has granted the veteran's claim for a temporary total disability rating for a period of convalescence based on right knee surgery from March 4 to April 12, 1998. The issues of entitlement to an increased evaluation for the service-connected residuals of SFW to the right knee and entitlement to service connection for arthritis in the right knee as secondary to the service-connected residuals of SFW to the right knee are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The veteran underwent surgery on his right knee due to retained fragments from a shell fragment wound, resulting in a need for convalescence. The issues regarding increased evaluation and service connection remain pending and require additional evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the right knee, shell fragment wound (SFW) to the right knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2003
- Citation
- 0329309
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for arthritis of the left knee and right knee to ensure compliance with a Joint Motion for Partial Remand from the Court.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including residuals of a head injury, bilateral hearing loss, neck disability, gout of the right ankle, unspecified trauma or stress related disorder, tinnitus, and other musculoskeletal issues.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all pending appeals, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these issues.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea syndromes, arthritis of the left knee as secondary to degenerative changes in the bilateral ankles, and arthritis of the right knee as secondary to degenerative changes in the bilateral ankles. The claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings were denied.
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