The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are as likely as not of such nature and severity as to prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions indicate that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities significantly impair his ability to engage in his usual occupation, including bilateral hearing loss, spondylosis of the lumbar spine, left knee total arthroplasty, right knee degenerative changes, bilateral pes planus, right hip and left hip degenerative joint diseases.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, spondylosis of the lumbar spine, left knee total arthroplasty, right knee degenerative changes, bilateral pes planus, right hip degenerative joint disease, left hip degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- August 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1031216
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What this means for you
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