The Veteran's right knee disability, including post-operative arthritis and meniscal condition, was rated at 10% prior to February 6, 2014. A 60% rating is granted for his status post total right knee replacement from April 1, 2015 to September 23, 2018.
The deciding factor: The Veteran experienced severe painful motion in the right knee despite undergoing a total knee arthroplasty in February 2014, warranting a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 5055.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee post-operative arthritis, Right knee meniscal condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- July 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20046550
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- Partly granted
The Board granted an extension of the temporary total rating for right knee surgery, denied initial and increased ratings for degenerative arthritis right knee, limitation of flexion, granted a separate 30 percent rating for right knee instability prior to January 29, 2021, and a 20 percent rating from that date, and dismissed appeals for higher ratings for erectile dysfunction and major depressive disorder.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee meniscal condition, which included a partial medial meniscectomy in June 1992 and another surgery in September 2017, resulted in persistent symptoms such as pain, stiffness, swelling, cracking/clicking/popping, and locking. A 10 percent initial rating for the entire period on appeal is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and temporary total rating based on convalescence following right knee arthroscopy due to incomplete medical opinions and procedural issues.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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