The Veteran's right knee DJD, status post total knee replacement, is granted service connection. The claim for a higher disability rating for lumbar intervertebral DDD and the TDIU are both remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on continuity of symptomatology since service, with no clear evidence against it.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative joint disease (DJD), status post total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19128525
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities and denied higher ratings for various knee conditions.
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