The Board granted a 40 percent rating for the Veteran's total right ankle arthroplasty with chronic residuals from December 1, 2022, and a 30 percent rating for his right ankle surgical scars from April 17, 2023.
The deciding factor: The Veteran experienced severe painful motion or weakness in his right ankle, warranting the higher ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Total right ankle arthroplasty with chronic residuals, Right ankle surgical scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017653
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,677 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Partly granted
The Veteran's appeal for a compensable rating for right ankle surgical scars has been withdrawn. The Board has granted service connection for left knee and right knee disabilities, but the remaining issues have been remanded.,Service connection is granted for left knee and right knee disabilities as they are related to military service.,Service connection is granted for sinusitis and deviated septum surgery residuals based on their relationship to military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal of the rating assigned for his service-connected right ankle disability is being remanded to ensure due process as additional evidence has been developed.,The Veteran's appeal of the rating assigned for his service-connected left knee disability is also being remanded to ensure due process as additional evidence has been developed.
- Granted
The Veteran's initial disability rating for right ankle surgical scars is granted at 10 percent, effective July 1, 2011 to November 19, 2019. The Veteran's left shoulder strain and right ankle tibiotalar DJD are both rated at 20 percent.
- 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.
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