The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 30 percent for right knee total arthroplasty was dismissed.,New and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for a back disorder, which is now granted.,Service connection for degenerative joint disease of the right ankle is granted as it is proximately due to his service-connected right knee total arthroplasty.,Service connection for degenerative joint disease of the left hip is granted as it is proximately due to his service-connected right knee total arthroplasty.,Service connection for lower lumbar facet arthritis is granted as it is proximately due to his service-connected right knee total arthroplasty.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal of the rating in excess of 30 percent for right knee total arthroplasty in September 2018.,New and material evidence has been received that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of entitlement to service connection for a back disorder.,Resolving all doubt in favor, the Veteran's currently diagnosed degenerative joint disease of the right ankle is proximately due to his service-connected right knee total arthroplasty.,Resolving all doubt in favor, the Veteran's currently diagnosed degenerative joint disease of the left hip is proximately due to his service-connected right knee total arthroplasty.,Resolving all doubt in favor, the Veteran's currently diagnosed lower lumbar facet arthritis is proximately due to his service-connected right knee total arthroplasty.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the right ankle, Degenerative joint disease of the left hip, Lower lumbar facet arthritis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20026401
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
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