The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for right knee osteoarthritis was dismissed because the Veteran limited his benefit sought to a temporary total disability rating for his recent surgery.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal by requesting a temporary 100% rating for convalescence, which was granted during the pendency of the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis, right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 20, 2018
- Citation
- 18137327
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for right knee disability and neck disability, effective February 6, 1996, based on clear and unmistakable error in previous rating decisions.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis, bilateral pes planus, osteoarthritis of the left knee, and osteoarthritis of the right knee. The evidence did not establish a link between these conditions and active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's tinnitus is denied as there is no evidence of in-service noise exposure or continuity of symptoms from service.,Service connection for osteoarthritis, right knee, is denied due to lack of in-service injury and insufficient medical evidence linking the condition to service.,The appeal for service connection for osteoarthritis, left knee, was withdrawn by the Veteran.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings on several knee and lower extremity conditions have been dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeal.
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