The Veteran's left knee prosthetic replacement (LKP) is granted a 100% rating effective September 30, 2013. A 60% rating for right knee degenerative arthritis and lumbar disability is also granted from September 30, 2014.
The deciding factor: The Veteran underwent left knee replacement on September 30, 2013, which was followed by a 100% rating under the pre-amended version of DC 5055 for one year. After that period, he is now rated at 60% due to chronic residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Prosthesis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 28, 2026
- Citation
- 26001090
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for her status post total left-knee replacement was dismissed. The effective date for the assignment of a 60 percent disability evaluation is set at May 13, 2015.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's left knee disability, manifested by normal extension and flexion with no lateral instability or ankylosis, does not warrant a rating higher than 30 percent since October 1, 2013.
- Denied
The VA determined that the appellant's service-connected left knee prosthesis was no more than 30 percent disabling from September 1, 1996 to June 4, 1998.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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