The Board granted a disability rating of 60 percent for the service-connected right knee residuals, status post total right knee arthroplasty.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed chronic residuals consisting of severe painful motion or weakness in the affected extremity, warranting a 60 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee residuals, status post total right knee arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 19, 2024
- Citation
- 24003035
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 Board granted increased disability ratings of 60 percent for the Veteran's status post total left knee replacement and status post total right knee arthroplasty, effective February 1, 2023.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 60 percent for the Veteran's total right knee replacement from August 1, 2021, but granted a TDIU effective August 1, 2021.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for status post total right and left knee arthroplasty.
- Partly granted
The veteran's appeal for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) was granted from September 29, 2009. The issue of TDIU prior to this date was remanded for extraschedular consideration.
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