The Board has restored the original disability ratings of 60 percent for both right and left knee disabilities, effective February 1, 2020, as the VA Regional Office did not schedule a predetermination hearing prior to reducing these ratings.
The deciding factor: The reduction in disability ratings was void ab initio due to failure to comply with procedural requirements for rating reductions.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee replacement, meniscal tear, ACL tear, post-traumatic arthritis, knee manipulation under anesthesia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 15, 2023
- Citation
- A23036092
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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.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disability, finding that it is neither secondary to his service-connected right femoral neuropathy nor directly related to his active-duty service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and accrued benefits due to procedural issues, as the appeals were not within the modernized review system.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee condition, finding that there was no evidence linking his current conditions to his military service.
- Granted
The Board has restored the Veteran's rating from 100% to 30% for his right knee disability, effective December 1, 2015, and October 1, 2016, under Diagnostic Code 5055.
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