The veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities combine to a total rating of 70 percent, and he is unemployable due solely to his service-connected disabilities. Therefore, the Board has granted TDIU.
The deciding factor: The veteran's combined rating for his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities (degenerative joint disease and instability) meets the criteria for a TDIU as it is at least 70 percent disabling.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the right knee, instability of the left knee, instability of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0610180
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for right knee conditions due to insufficient medical evidence.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for limitation of flexion and a 10 percent rating for instability, but denied an increased rating for limitation of extension.
- Denied
The Board denied higher ratings for the Veteran's left knee disability, including for limitation of flexion and instability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for increased ratings of bilateral knee and ankle disabilities due to incomplete VA examinations.
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