The Board granted a temporary total evaluation for the Veteran's right knee following a total knee replacement surgery in August 2020.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence supports that the Veteran's right knee disability necessitated a total knee replacement and experienced residual symptoms related to her service-connected condition, warranting a temporary total evaluation under 38 C.F.R. § 4.30.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25046327
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted separate evaluations of 20 percent for right knee instability and left knee instability, as well as a TDIU from December 4, 2016, to December 4, 2017, and from December 4, 2017.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his right and left hip disorders, characterized as both limitation of flexion and extension, right knee disability, and right ankle disability due to inadequate VA examinations.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating and earlier effective dates, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or earlier effective date.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a right knee disability to obtain an adequate VA examination due to deficiencies in the May 2021 examination report.
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