The Veteran's service-connected total left knee arthroplasty is rated at 60 percent effective November 5, 2008.
The deciding factor: The February 2008 VA examination showed chronic residuals consisting of severe painful motion or weakness in the affected extremity from November 1, 2007.
- Claimed conditions
- Total Left Knee Arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- July 18, 2012
- Citation
- 1224941
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for extraschedular ratings for total left knee arthroplasty and left knee surgical scar, finding that the symptoms are already accounted for by the assigned schedular ratings.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not require regular aid and attendance or render him housebound, thus denying his claim for special monthly compensation based on need for aid and attendance.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of left knee injury and degenerative joint disease prior to November 5, 2012 were found not to warrant a higher disability rating.
- Denied
The Veteran's total left knee arthroplasty is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board finds that it does not warrant a higher rating based on current evidence of record.
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