The Board has determined that the veteran is entitled to a 20% disability rating for his service-connected left knee post-traumatic arthritis from August 25, 1999 through January 11, 2000. For the period after January 11, 2000, the Board has determined that the veteran is not entitled to a higher initial disability rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that prior to January 12, 2000, left knee extension was limited to 15 degrees. Since then, it has been shown that the range of motion did not limit below 10 degrees of extension or 60 degrees of flexion.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee post-traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 12, 2004
- Citation
- 0409433
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Decisions by this judge: 195 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for various conditions was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection of left and right knee post-traumatic arthritis to obtain a more thorough medical examination.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a right knee total knee replacement and a left knee disability, including a meniscal tear and arthritis, as secondary to the service-connected shell fragment wounds to the Veteran's knees.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's left knee disability, including post-traumatic arthritis and chondromalacia with limitation of flexion, is rated at 10 percent. A separate 20 percent rating for left knee lateral instability has been granted. The claims for service connection for right hip and left hip disabilities, as well as TDIU, are being remanded.
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