The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for a right knee disorder. The Veteran's traumatic arthritis of the right knee, which occurred due to service, is now considered service-connected.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's right knee traumatic arthritis was linked to his service and related symptoms, including his service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2016
- Citation
- 1613932
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of increased ratings for right knee and left knee disabilities, as well as a rating for PTSD and major depressive disorder, due to insufficient evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA examinations provided in this remand do not comply with the requirements set forth in previous remands. The Veteran's right knee conditions, including traumatic arthritis and instability, as well as his status post total right knee replacement, are being remanded for further evaluation.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are rated at a 10 percent rating, effective June 25, 2002. The claim for increased ratings was denied.
- Denied
The Board denied an effective date prior to April 9, 1996, for the award of a TDIU on an extraschedular basis due to insufficient evidence showing that the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability alone precluded him from securing and following any substantially gainful employment.
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