The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (right knee arthritis, quadriceps atrophy, painful scars of the right knee, and shortening of the lower extremity) are sufficient to render him unemployable without regard to advancing age.
The deciding factor: VA medical records consistently document the Veteran's severe right knee disability, including degenerative joint disease, chronic tear of the anterior cruciate ligament, and multiple scars. These conditions have rendered him unable to perform substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a medial meniscectomy of the right knee with arthritis, right quadriceps atrophy, painful scars of the right knee, shortening of the lower extremity, right lower than left
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- May 13, 2011
- Citation
- 1118598
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's service-connected conditions, including painful scars of the right knee, left foot plantar fasciitis, residuals of fracture of the left talus, and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood. The claims were denied as the evidence did not support higher ratings or an earlier effective date.
- Partly granted
The veteran was granted a 20% rating for painful scars on the right knee but denied a higher rating for degenerative arthritis of the right knee.
- Denied
The Board denied the use of the bilateral factor to calculate the Veteran's rating for service-connected painful scars of the left and right knees. The Veteran is already receiving a higher rating than warranted under the diagnostic code.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted an earlier effective date for the initial award of service connection for bilateral quadriceps atrophy. The issues are inextricably intertwined and remanded to allow further action on the increased rating claims, SMC prior to September 12, 2019, and TDIU.
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