The Board has granted a disability rating of 60 percent for the Veteran's residuals of right knee total knee replacement and right quadriceps atrophy from November 1, 2010 to January 11, 2011 and from March 1, 2012 to April 7, 2015.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's residuals of right knee TKR with right quadriceps atrophy best approximated chronic residuals consisting of severe painful motion or weakness during the specified periods, warranting a 60 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 5055.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Total Knee Replacement, Right Quadriceps Atrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- August 27, 2024
- Citation
- A24050087
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's right and left knee TKR are rated at 30 percent each, with a separate rating of 10 percent for instability of the right knee since February 2022. Service connection for hypertension is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for ratings in excess of 10 percent for right knee limitation of extension, right knee degenerative joint disease with scar prior to May 16, 2017, and right knee total knee replacement from July 1, 2018. The claim for TDIU is also remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including a right knee total knee replacement and hearing loss, did not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment prior to August 3, 2012.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim alleging a clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in rating decisions dated December 1978 and October 1984, finding no CUE.
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