The Veteran's left knee disability, including his total knee replacement, is rated at 30 percent. The right knee disabilities are also addressed with separate ratings.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show an improvement in the Veteran’s ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work that would warrant a higher rating for his service-connected left knee disability (total knee replacement).
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Limitation of Extension, Total Knee Replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19177570
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Decisions by this judge: 1,960 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee limitation of flexion and for an initial compensable rating for left knee limitation of extension due to stable symptomatology throughout the appeal period.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including persistent postural perceptual dizziness related to his right eye disorder, prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation despite his MBA degree and employment history. The Board granted the TDIU claim effective September 6, 2019.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection of left knee limitation of flexion and extension, finding that no new evidence was received prior to the assigned effective dates.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for left knee limitation of flexion and extension are being remanded due to the need for additional development.,A VA examiner is required to provide an opinion regarding the ameliorative effects of pain medication on the Veteran's left knee condition.
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