The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to September 2, 2022, but denied increased ratings for the right and left knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's knee disabilities did not more nearly approximate severe painful motion or weakness as required by the next higher 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5055.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability, status post total knee replacement, left knee disability, status post total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25011135
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,645 · Granted: 19% (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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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