The Board has granted an effective date of December 1, 2008 for the grant of a 60 percent rating for residuals of a right total knee arthroplasty based on severe painful motion or weakness in the affected extremity from that date.
The deciding factor: The appellant's symptoms of severe pain and weakness were consistent with the criteria for a 60 percent rating since December 1, 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right total knee arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- September 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19171971
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to the need for a VA medical opinion regarding the severity and manifestations of the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability. The issues of increased ratings for right knee internal derangement with traumatic arthritis, instability of the right knee, and residuals of a right total knee arthroplasty are being remanded as they are inextricably intertwined with the TDIU issue.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right total knee arthroplasty is currently rated at 60 percent, and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted. The issue of entitlement to TDIU has been raised by the record but requires further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and consideration, including obtaining a retroactive medical opinion regarding the Veteran's right knee disability and asking her to complete a TDIU claim form. The case will be referred to VA's Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for an increased disability evaluation for residuals of a right total knee arthroplasty, currently evaluated as 30 percent disabling, was remanded for additional evidence and examination.
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