The Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities do not render him unemployable due to his ability to perform sedentary employment and the presence of other nonservice-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has several additional nonservice-connected disabilities that affect his employability, including bladder cancer, morbid obesity, gastroesophageal reflux disease, sleep apnea, and chronic left shoulder arthralgia.
- Claimed conditions
- Total left knee arthroplasty, Degenerative joint disease of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1031092
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development to ensure that the severity of the Veteran's bilateral knee disability is accurately assessed without considering the ameliorative effects of medication.
- Granted
The Board granted increased ratings for the Veteran's degenerative spondylosis at L5-S1, left and right shoulder disabilities, left and right knee disabilities, and depressive disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a lumbosacral strain and related conditions, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative joint disease of the right knee based on the evidence showing limitation of flexion to 135 degrees and extension to 5 degrees, which did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
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