The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: VA examinations and SSA disability determination indicated that the Veteran's service-connected conditions, including migraine headaches, PTSD with mood disorder, right knee arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, left knee instability, and left knee degenerative joint disease, preclude him from engaging in substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, PTSD with mood disorder, right knee arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, right knee status post arthroscopic repair, left knee instability, left knee degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1027830
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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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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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