The Veteran's service-connected spine and left knee disabilities rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and work history prior to December 6, 2011.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions indicated that the Veteran's service-connected spine and left knee disabilities prevented him from being gainfully employed for light duty work.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease L5-S1, Status post total left knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2014
- Citation
- 1451788
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings were denied as he failed to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause, and the evidence did not show an increase in severity of his service-connected conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and TDIU due to deficiencies in the VA examinations and missing records.
- Granted
The Veteran's headaches are rated at 30 percent effective December 11, 2019. The Veteran's degenerative disc disease L5-S1 is currently rated at 20 percent. Separate ratings of 20 percent each are granted for left and right lower extremity radiculopathies.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to lack of substantial compliance with remand directives, specifically regarding obtaining a retrospective medical opinion for the period from March 7, 2011 to April 17, 2017.
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