Granted
The Board granted a temporary total disability rating for treatment of the Veteran's service-connected left knee patellofemoral DJD following surgery on February 10, 2023.
The deciding factor: Treatment of the Veteran's service-connected left knee resulted in knee surgery with therapeutic immobilization of one major joint for a two-month period, warranting a temporary total disability rating under 38 C.F.R. § 4.30.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee patellofemoral degenerative joint disease (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088036
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