The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his total right knee replacement is remanded due to the need for additional medical examination and opinion regarding flare-ups.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner needs to assess the impact of the Veteran’s flare-ups on his functional ability, including during repeated use and after flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- Total Right Knee Replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19177105
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Decisions by this judge: 1,960 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities have been rated and denied for increased ratings, with some conditions receiving specific disability ratings. The Veteran is granted a 60% rating for her total right knee replacement from September 4, 2015 onwards, but the other claims are denied.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a right knee injury, finding that the Veteran's total right knee replacement is etiologically related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's right knee condition and lumbar degenerative disc disease with degenerative arthritis were evaluated. The Veteran's right knee residuals from total knee replacement are rated at 30 percent, while his lumbar degenerative disc disease is rated at 20 percent. A higher rating for the right knee was denied.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected right and left knee disabilities have resulted in a loss of use of both legs, warranting higher level SMC.
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