The Veteran's right knee disability, including the patellectomy and arthritis, is rated at 60 percent effective February 27, 2017. The rating for scars associated with the right knee remains unchanged.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran’s right knee disability more closely approximates the criteria for a 60 percent rating under DC 5055 (status post total knee replacement).
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ankle Disability, Right Hip Disability, Right Knee with Patellectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19128532
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Denied
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