The Veteran's service-connected right total knee replacement disability is rated at 60%, and combined with other disabilities, meets the criteria for a TDIU. The Board finds that the Veteran cannot secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected bilateral knee disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has multiple service-connected disabilities including a right total knee replacement which limits him from performing most jobs requiring physical exertion and concentration.
- Claimed conditions
- Right total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2018
- Citation
- 18106080
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for lumbar strain, right knee scar, and degenerative arthritis of the left knee. However, a 60 percent evaluation was granted for the right total knee replacement effective July 24, 2018.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's left shoulder and knee conditions, but granted a 60 percent rating for his right total knee replacement. The Board also denied entitlement to TDIU.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for bilateral knee disabilities, including instability, and a TDIU due to an inadequate examination.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right total knee replacement, which is claimed as secondary to their service-connected right knee strain, needs further examination and opinion.
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