CAVC Decision on Partial Knee Replacement under DC 5055
On June 27, 2014, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) published a decision in Hudgens v. Gibson. The critical operative regulation the CAVC was interpreting was 38 C.F.R. § 4.71a, Diagnostic Code (DC) 5055 (knee replacement (prosthesis)) and whether DC 5055 applies to partial knee replacement (PKR). This is a question commonly posed by veterans on popular veteran social media...