The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been granted, but the criteria for higher disability ratings are not met at any point during this appeal.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee, Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20073731
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran is entitled to an earlier effective date of February 29, 2000, for an award of TDIU on an extraschedular basis due to his service-connected back and left knee disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted clothing allowances for a back brace and wheelchair, but denied them for a neck brace, bilateral knee braces, pain medication therapy, cane, and walker.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied a rating greater than 10 percent for the Veteran's right knee disability and remanded other issues including service connection, TDIU, and effective date.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for right and left knee disabilities due to insufficient evidence, including a lack of recent VA treatment records and an inadequate examination following his total knee arthroplasty. The claims will be readjudicated after these issues are addressed.
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