The Board denied service connection for right elbow arthritis, left total knee arthroplasty, and right total knee arthroplasty. The claims were based on direct evidence rather than a presumption or secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence indicated that the veteran's disabilities did not have their onset in service or due to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow arthritis, left total knee arthroplasty, right total knee arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2007
- Citation
- 0737206
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not result in loss of use of the bilateral lower extremities, and therefore he is not entitled to special monthly compensation based on such.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the issues of entitlement to service connection of right and left elbow arthritis, as well as left shoulder arthritis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to issues being intertwined with other claims, and will be reconsidered once those claims are resolved.
- Granted
The Veteran meets the schedular requirement for TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities, and his service-connected conditions rendered him unable to follow a substantially gainful occupation. The effective date is from February 10, 2019, to May 6, 2020.
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