The Veteran is unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disability, which arose out of a single accident and currently rated at 60 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's severe impairment from the service-connected disabilities, including degenerative lumbosacral disk disease, right supraspinatus partial tear, knee syndromes, and shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, caused by a 1982 motorcycle accident, rendered him unemployable in any occupation requiring heavy physical exertion.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative lumbosacral disk disease, Right supraspinatus partial tear, Right and left knee patellofemoral syndrome, Left shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1022959
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