The Board granted an initial 60 percent rating for right knee osteoarthritis status post total knee replacement, restored a 20 percent disability rating for mechanical back pain, and denied compensable ratings for the right and left knee surgical scars.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's chronic residuals of pain and weakness in the affected extremity following the right knee replacement and the improper reduction of the back disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee osteoarthritis status post total knee replacement, right knee surgical scar(s), left knee surgical scar(s), mechanical back pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010795
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,135 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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