The Board has granted the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his left and right knee disabilities, with a rating of 60 percent for postoperative residuals of the left total knee replacement.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran had chronic residuals from his left total knee replacement, including instability, significantly decreased motion, extreme pain on motion, laxity, fatigability, lack of endurance and weakness. The right knee disability included arthritis with significant symptoms such as pain at extremes of motion, weakness and laxity.
- Claimed conditions
- Back disorder, Left total knee replacement with instability, significantly decreased motion, extreme pain on motion, laxity, fatigability, lack of endurance, and weakness; Degenerative arthritis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 1, 2003
- Citation
- 0333409
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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.
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