The Board has determined that the veteran's combined service-connected disabilities meet the criteria for a TDIU, granting his claim.
The deciding factor: The VA physician found that the veteran's unemployability is primarily due to his service-connected left lower extremity disabilities and above-knee amputation, which rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Surgical fusion, left ankle and left subtalar joint, Sciatic neuropathy, left lower extremity, Osteoarthritis, left knee, Scars, surgical, left leg, ankle and dorsum of left foot, Disuse, muscular wasting, muscles of left thigh and calf, Degenerative joint disease, right knee (status-post total knee arthroplasty), Degenerative changes, lumbar spine (associated with surgical fusion)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 11, 2004
- Citation
- 0406525
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,196 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for osteoarthritis of the left knee, right hip condition, and left hip condition as additional development is needed to address whether the Veteran's service-connected right knee osteoarthritis aggravated his left knee and both hip conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for osteoarthritis of the left and right knees, finding that there was no evidence linking the current condition to service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right foot disability secondary to his service-connected right knee disability, finding that the most probative evidence was against the claim.
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