The Board has granted a 60 percent rating for residuals of the right total knee replacement from initial entitlement, effective as of August 2018. The noncompensable rating for the right knee scar remains unchanged.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed severe painful motion and weakness in the right knee, meeting the criteria for a 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5055.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22059889
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Related decisions
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- Granted
The Veteran's right total knee arthroplasty is rated at the maximum available rating. The initial disability ratings for left knee instability and arthritis are granted, with a TDIU and SMC also being granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate examination and further investigation is needed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for a disability rating greater than 30 percent subsequent to August 1, 2016, for a right TKA, a disability rating greater than 10 percent prior to June 2, 2015, for right knee arthritis, and a disability rating greater than 10 percent from January 30, 2013 to June 2, 2015, for right leg limitation of extension.
- 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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