The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an extension of a temporary total disability rating based on convalescence and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound criteria beyond July 31, 2020.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence showing severe postoperative residuals or other conditions that would warrant an extension of the temporary total disability rating or SMC based on housebound criteria after July 31, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative arthritis with instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25042780
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person due to his service-connected disabilities, but denied SMC based on housebound status.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of June 14, 2017, for the award of service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis with instability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are being remanded for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected conditions. His TDIU claim is also being remanded due to its inextricability with the knee claims.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected left knee disabilities prevented him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation since March 7, 2017.
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