The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of a temporary total rating due to left knee arthroplasty is denied as there is no legal basis for such a determination.
The deciding factor: The effective date cannot be earlier than the date of hospital admission, which was November 20, 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 8, 2016
- Citation
- 1604435
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for left knee arthroplasty limitation of extension is granted, and he is now rated at 10 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for further evaluation of his service-connected left knee disability, including a determination on an increased initial evaluation and whether he should receive a higher rating.
- Granted
The Board has restored a 60 percent disability evaluation for service-connected left knee arthroplasty, effective January 1, 2022. The evidence did not show actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 60 percent for left knee arthroplasty is denied.,The effective date earlier than August 6, 2018 for the grant of a 100 percent rating for left knee arthroplasty is denied.,The Veteran was granted TDIU prior to November 11, 2019.
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