The Veteran's right knee disability is rated at 60 percent since April 29, 2021. The cervical spine and glaucoma claims are denied as secondary to service-connected disabilities. Service connection for a lumbar spine disability remains denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support the grant of higher ratings or service connection for the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Total Right Knee Replacement, Cervical Spine Disability (retrolisthesis of C5-C6 spinal segments, degenerative arthritis of the spine, spondylolisthesis), Glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 20, 2023
- Citation
- 23067087
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities have been rated and denied for increased ratings, with some conditions receiving specific disability ratings. The Veteran is granted a 60% rating for her total right knee replacement from September 4, 2015 onwards, but the other claims are denied.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected glaucoma has rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment on an extra-schedular basis, effective September 1, 2020.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim of entitlement to compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for glaucoma due to inadequate development and reasoning in the previous decision.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a right knee injury, finding that the Veteran's total right knee replacement is etiologically related to his military service.
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