The Board has restored the veteran's disability rating from 30 percent to 60 percent for his service-connected residuals of total right knee replacement, finding that there was doubt as to whether improvement had been demonstrated since the original grant of a 60 percent evaluation in April 1998.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was doubt concerning whether material improvement had occurred in the veteran's condition at the time of the reduction from 60 percent to 30 percent, and restored the higher rating based on this uncertainty.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of Total Right Knee Replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0637457
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