The veteran's service-connected disabilities (lumbosacral spine disability, residuals of a right thigh GSW, and status post arthroplasty, right knee) prevent him from maintaining substantially gainful employment. The Board finds that the criteria for establishing entitlement to TDIU are met.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from participating in regular, substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine disability, residuals of a right thigh GSW, status post arthroplasty, right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2002
- Citation
- 0214368
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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