The Veteran's postoperative residuals of a total right knee replacement are currently rated at 30 percent since January 1, 2017. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on severe painful motion or weakness, and that there was no evidence of ankylosis, nonunion of the tibia and fibula, or limitation of extension to 30 degrees or more.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show severe functional impairment resulting from right knee pain or weakness, nor did it show symptoms analogous to those required for a higher rating under Diagnostic Codes 5256, 5261, or 5262.
- Claimed conditions
- Postoperative residuals of a total right knee replacement, Right knee arthritis with limitation of motion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 29, 2017
- Citation
- 1761211
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for left ear hearing loss, right knee arthritis with limitation of motion, and right knee instability were denied. The evidence did not support the assignment of higher disability ratings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including scheduling VA examinations and obtaining updated treatment records. The issues of a higher rating for DDD of the lumbar spine with spondylosis, initial ratings for three painful scars of the knees, and a compensable rating for linear scars of the knees are being addressed. A TDIU is also inextricably intertwined with these claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's knee disabilities are being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.,A decision on the TDIU claim is also being remanded due to its inextricably intertwined nature with the appeal period prior to December 27, 2017.
- Denied
The Veteran's right knee disability was rated at 30 percent from January 1, 2015 to April 10, 2017 and at 60 percent since April 11, 2017.
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