The Board granted restoration of a 60 percent disability rating for the service-connected right knee replacement residuals effective October 17, 2020, and denied an increased disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD. A TDIU was also granted from August 28, 2020.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there had been no actual improvement in the right knee condition under ordinary conditions of life and work, and that the severity, frequency, and duration of symptoms of PTSD did not more nearly approximate total occupational and social impairment. However, the Veteran was unable to maintain substantially gainful employment as a result of service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee replacement residuals, posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25049337
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,200 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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