The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and multiple knee issues, render him unable to work in other than marginal or part-time employment.
The deciding factor: The veteran's combined rating of 70% due to his service-connected disabilities makes it impractical for him to maintain gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), residuals, left knee injury, degenerative joint disease, left knee, diabetes mellitus, Type II, history of gastrointestinal bleeding with esophagal ulcer, degenerative joint disease of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0618835
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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.
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