The Board has granted service connection for right knee replacement and left hip replacement, finding that these conditions are proximately due to the veteran's gunshot wound in the left ankle. The effective date of this decision is not specified.
The deciding factor: The VA physicians provided opinions linking the right knee and left hip replacements to the veteran's gunshot wound injury in the left upper tibia, with no evidence refuting these opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Replacement, Right Knee Replacement
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2004
- Citation
- 0405831
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's preexisting right knee disability was not worsened beyond natural progression during service, and the Board denied his claim for service connection.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings and TDIU was denied. The left hip replacement did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, and no separate or higher ratings were assigned under other diagnostic codes.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is dismissed. The Veteran's right knee replacement disability and lower extremity peripheral nerve disabilities are granted with increased ratings, but the Veteran does not meet criteria for special monthly compensation based on need for regular aid and attendance.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for her left and right knee replacements, finding that there was no evidence of severe painful motion or weakness in either knee.
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