The Board granted a 10 percent rating for traumatic arthritis of the left knee with painful motion and a separate 20 percent rating for status post medial meniscectomy of the left knee, both effective from May 21, 1996. The Veteran's TDIU claim was also granted on an extraschedular basis.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion provided addressed the baseline level of disability in the left knee prior to aggravation and determined that no deductions should be made for pre-existing disability.
- Claimed conditions
- status post medial meniscectomy of the left knee, traumatic arthritis of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 20, 2012
- Citation
- 1232470
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for traumatic arthritis of the left knee and plantar fasciitis of the right foot prior to January 2, 2024, are being remanded due to a duty-to-assist error. The claim for TDIU is also being remanded as it was not raised by the Veteran prior to the September 2021 rating decision on appeal.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including postoperative residuals of a left knee injury, traumatic arthritis of the left knee, and degenerative joint disease of the right knee, were found to be contributory causes of his death. As such, service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for right and left knee disabilities due to new evidence received since the last decision.
- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was not due to service-connected disabilities, and the VA-prescribed medications did not result in an additional disability or death. The Board found that the medications prescribed for his service-connected conditions were not causally related to his death.
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