The veteran's nonservice-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating necessary to qualify for VA non-service-connected pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The veteran has no service-connected conditions, and his nonservice-connected disabilities are not severe enough to render him permanently and totally disabled.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Degenerative Joint Disease with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear, Complex Tear of the Posterior Horn of the Medial Meniscus in Right Knee, Hypertrophic Spurring on Right Knee (Medial and Lateral), Mild Degeneration of Left Knee (Medial Compartment), Lumbar Spinal Hypertrophic Spurring
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2005
- Citation
- 0534104
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