The Veteran's additional disability to the bilateral knees and legs is not deemed to be due to his participation in a VA CWT program, as there is no competent evidence showing that such participation caused or aggravated any pre-existing conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran sustained additional disability to his left knee following total knee arthroplasty, which was unrelated to his participation in the CWT program.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee osteoarthritis with left lateral collateral ligament instability, Left total knee arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2014
- Citation
- 1435075
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal regarding the evaluation rating of his left total knee arthroplasty was dismissed due to a procedural defect in submitting both a Notice of Disagreement and a Supplemental Claim concurrently.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, specifically to obtain relevant VA treatment records stored in VistA Imaging that are not currently associated with the claims file.
- Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of the 40 percent disability rating for the service-connected left total knee arthroplasty, which was improperly reduced to 30 percent disabling effective August 1, 2021. The Board denied a compensable rating for the service-connected scar status post left knee replacement.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU related to his bilateral knee disabilities are being remanded due to procedural issues. The AOJ must issue a Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC) and review the issues on appeal.
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