The veteran's service-connected disabilities (hypertrophic arthritis of the right knee, scar of the right hip, and scars on the right shoulder) prevent him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The combined rating for the veteran's service-connected conditions is 60 percent, meeting the threshold requirement for a TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertrophic arthritis of the right knee, Scar of the right hip (residual of shell fragment wound), Scar on the right shoulder (residual of shell fragment wound), Residuals of malaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- July 13, 2004
- Citation
- 0418606
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