The Veteran's right knee replacement surgery required convalescence from May 1, 2020 through July 31, 2020. The Board granted an extension of a 100% disability rating for this period based on the evidence showing continued need for convalescence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right knee replacement surgery required at least one month of convalescence and his condition was such that he would be unable to work from April 9, 2020 through August 9, 2020 due to limited ability to stand, walk, lift, kneel or crawl.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Total Right Knee Replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2024
- Citation
- A24021281
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's right knee disability, including post-total right knee replacement. The issues on appeal include ratings for right knee instability and osteochondritis dessicans prior to June 23, 2017, as well as a higher rating for post-total right knee replacement beginning August 1, 2018.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right total knee replacement has been rated at 100 percent effective June 23, 2017. A separate rating of 30 percent for post-total right knee replacement is scheduled to be assigned beginning August 1, 2018.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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