The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, when analyzed as a whole, prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation during the entire appeal period.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's persistent depressive disorder and other service-connected conditions have rendered him unable to engage in substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Persistent depressive disorder with persistent major depressive episodes, Degenerative joint disease of the left knee, status post total knee replacement, Left upper extremity weakness (previously evaluated together with cervical spondylosis with left shoulder weakness), Cervical spine status post C4-C7 decompression and fusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 8, 2015
- Citation
- 1519836
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA medical opinions obtained on remand are inadequate and requires further examination to determine if any of the Veteran's claimed disabilities are related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA examinations did not comply with remand directives and thus the claims for service connection are being returned to the agency of original jurisdiction (AOJ) for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for various knee, shoulder, and cervical spine disabilities due to inadequate VA opinions. The Veteran's assertions regarding her in-service experiences need to be considered.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and readjudication of the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his service-connected knee disabilities.
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