The Board has dismissed the appeals for temporary total evaluations and special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, as well as the claim of service connection for left knee osteoarthritis with meniscal tear. The issues are not properly before the Board under the current appeal process.
The deciding factor: The claims were filed prior to the effective date of the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA), and thus must be considered under the older Legacy system, which does not allow for these types of appeals at this time.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease with arthritis, lumbar spine, left knee osteoarthritis with meniscal tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- A19002622
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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