The Board has granted the Veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for right knee total knee replacement and determined that this condition was aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability. The decision is based on evidence showing compensatory changes in gait due to the left knee disability, which led to aggravation of the right knee.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was sufficient evidence to support a finding of aggravation of the Veteran's pre-existing right knee condition by his service-connected left knee condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Total Knee Replacement
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2020
- Citation
- 20022255
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- Granted
The Board has granted a disability rating of 60 percent for the Veteran's residuals of right knee total knee replacement and right quadriceps atrophy from November 1, 2010 to January 11, 2011 and from March 1, 2012 to April 7, 2015.
- Granted
The Veteran's right and left knee TKR are rated at 30 percent each, with a separate rating of 10 percent for instability of the right knee since February 2022. Service connection for hypertension is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for ratings in excess of 10 percent for right knee limitation of extension, right knee degenerative joint disease with scar prior to May 16, 2017, and right knee total knee replacement from July 1, 2018. The claim for TDIU is also remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including a right knee total knee replacement and hearing loss, did not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment prior to August 3, 2012.
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