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meggi

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Good day fellow Vets. I am an 80% disabled veteran. One of my injuries is a knee that was shattered and never the same. The ortho doctor wants to do a knee replacement. I just would like to know, when they do this knee replacement will they lower my disability? I also heard that after surgery, your disability is temporally increased for a year. Is this also true?

Thank you for your help.

Tom

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meggi@rochester.rr.com

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Good day fellow Vets. I am an 80% disabled veteran. One of my injuries is a knee that was shattered and never the same. The ortho doctor wants to do a knee replacement. I just would like to know, when they do this knee replacement will they lower my disability? I also heard that after surgery, your disability is temporally increased for a year. Is this also true?

Thank you for your help.

Tom

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meggi@rochester.rr.com

My neighbor had a knee replacement and he was rated 100% during the recovery period. After that I believe he returned to his previous rating. But as we all know every situation is different with the VA.

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After the surgery you may be given a temporary total (100%) disability rating for UP TO a year, usually three months at a time, for at least as long as your are immobilized and depending on your recovery and complications. Once you have stabilized, you probably will be called in for a C&P exam and it's quite possible, but not certain, you will be reduced because the rating schedule is based on loss of range of motion, lateral instability and pain.

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My neighbor had a knee replacement and he was rated 100% during the recovery period. After that I believe he returned to his previous rating. But as we all know every situation is different with the VA.
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