The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right and left knee disabilities, as well as a TDIU prior to September 14, 2015, were granted. The right knee was rated at 30 percent disabling post-total knee replacement since January 12, 2016. The left knee DJD is rated at 10 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have been found to meet the criteria for a TDIU prior to September 14, 2015, and he was granted a noncompensable rating for his left knee DJD limitation of extension. The right knee post-total knee replacement is rated at 30 percent since January 12, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Total Knee Replacement, Left Knee Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2017
- Citation
- 1757728
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied increased ratings for the Veteran's lumbar spine, left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, left knee degenerative joint disease, and left thumb sprain. A separate 10 percent rating was granted for left knee instability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted a disability rating of 60 percent for the Veteran's residuals of right knee total knee replacement and right quadriceps atrophy from November 1, 2010 to January 11, 2011 and from March 1, 2012 to April 7, 2015.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right and left knee Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD), finding that the Veteran's current DJD is related to his active duty service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's right and left knee DJD are rated based on limitation of motion. The appeal is denied for ratings in excess of the assigned percentages.
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