The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including lumbosacral strain, right knee arthritis, and chronic elbow bursitis, do not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined disability rating is consistently below the threshold for TDIU based on his service-connected conditions alone.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbosacral strain, Residuals of medial meniscectomy, right knee, Status post right total knee arthroplasty associated with residuals, medial meniscectomy, right knee, Arthritis of the right knee, Status post chronic olecranon bursitis of the right elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2012
- Citation
- 1200503
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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