The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for psoriatic arthritis of the left knee, status post total knee arthroplasty due to lack of new and material evidence. The decision is denied.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the previously denied claim.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriatic arthritis of the left knee, total knee arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2015
- Citation
- 1516862
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's psoriatic arthritis is related to his service-connected psoriasis and grants service connection for all claimed conditions on a secondary basis.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral total knee arthroplasty is related to injuries sustained during service and grants the claim for service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including psoriasis, PTSD, right knee replacement, ankle degeneration, hammertoes, spinal and sacroiliac joint psoriatic arthritis, left knee psoriatic arthritis, and anemia, rendered him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment as of July 2, 2013.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 and service connection for left knee DJD with total knee arthroplasty, as well as a compensable rating for headaches.
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