The Veteran's TDIU was granted effective September 29, 2005 due to his service-connected knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran met the criteria for a TDIU as of September 29, 2005 when he underwent a total left knee replacement and became totally disabled.
- Claimed conditions
- status postoperative reconstruction of the left knee with degenerative joint disease, postoperative medial collateral ligament reconstruction of the right knee with degenerative joint disease, status postoperative reconstruction of the left knee with instability, status postoperative reconstruction of the medial collateral ligament of the right knee with instability, laceration scar, left eyebrow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 23, 2015
- Citation
- 1526534
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