The Veteran's service-connected left knee replacement was granted a 100 percent disability rating from November 1, 2023, to January 26, 2024.
The deciding factor: The Board agreed that the temporary total evaluation should be extended for the period of November 1, 2023, to January 26, 2024, as per the rating criteria for knee resurfacing or replacement (prosthesis) which provides for a 100 percent rating for four months following implantation.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25029897
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,164 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran does not meet eligibility requirements for PCAFC based on a November 2023 claim due to lack of personal care services. However, the Board finds the CEAT review consultation inadequate and remands the case for further clarification.
- Granted
The Board has granted increased ratings of 60 percent for left and right knee replacements, finding that the Veteran's unsteady gait, chronic pain, weakness, swelling, and fatigue constitute 'severe painful motion or weakness' as required by Diagnostic Code 5055.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues for further development and rating consideration. The Veteran's appeal of service connection for a head injury was withdrawn, and the maximum schedular disability rating for his left knee replacement is maintained. Issues regarding increased ratings for right knee disability, shortening of the left leg, right shoulder recurrent dislocation, and facial scars are remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's left knee disability, prior to March 17, 2020, is rated at 30 percent. From March 17, 2020 onwards, the Veteran is rated at 60 percent for his total knee replacement and granted a separate 10 percent rating for left knee instability.
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