The Veteran was granted a 60 percent rating for her total right knee replacement, effective May 1, 2024.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of severe painful motion and weakness in the affected extremity more closely approximate the criteria for a 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5055.
- Claimed conditions
- Total right knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25055419
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 an initial 60 percent rating for a total right knee replacement, finding that the Veteran experiences chronic residuals consisting of severe painful motion, soreness, and weakness in the right knee and leg.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a disability rating in excess of 100 percent for a total right knee replacement is dismissed because the Veteran already receives a 100 percent rating during the entire period on appeal.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's total right knee replacement was granted an increased rating of 60 percent from October 1, 2018, to September 9, 2024, but the claim for a higher rating after September 10, 2024, was denied.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's total left and right knee replacements, finding that they resulted in at most intermediate degrees of residual weakness, pain, or limitation of motion.
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