The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability, currently diagnosed as right knee replacement, related to an injury during active duty for training in August 1954.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lay statements and medical opinion provided by Dr. T.D., his orthopedic surgeon, were found credible and supported the claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24062985
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 denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to her service-connected disabilities, as she was found capable of performing full-time employment.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for PTSD and right knee replacement was dismissed due to a docketing error.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings of his right knee disability and TDIU, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 30 percent for right knee replacement due to an inadequacy in the previous examination.
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