The Board has granted a 60 percent rating for each of the Veteran's right and left knee post arthroplasties, effective from the end of their respective temporary total rating periods.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran's knee disabilities resulted in severe painful motion or weakness after the surgeries, which are considered moderate under DC 5055. However, these findings were based on symptoms present when medication was used to treat the conditions, not during normal use. The Board found that higher ratings were not warranted due to lack of evidence supporting additional functional loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Post Arthroplasty, Left Knee Post Arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- February 9, 2026
- Citation
- 26001753
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Related decisions
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- Granted
The Veteran's left knee post arthroplasty is now rated at 60 percent, effective August 19, 2015. The claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee instability prior to March 1, 2017, is moot due to the grant of a higher rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and determine the severity of his right knee condition from October 1, 2014 to January 10, 2020.
- Granted
The Veteran's left knee post arthroplasty was granted a 60% rating since November 9, 2017. The TDIU claim prior to January 28, 2018 is denied.
- 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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