The Board finds that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing and maintaining all forms of substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: VA examinations revealed no evidence that the Veteran's service-connected conditions prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic encephalopathy (claimed as cerebral contusion), Total left knee arthroplasty, Fusion of the cervical spine (arthritis of the cervical spine), Tinnitus associated with traumatic encephalopathy, Chip fracture, first phalanx, left thumb, Scar residual, laceration right leg, Scar residual of left scalene node biopsy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2016
- Citation
- 1608847
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and a TDIU, finding that the evidence did not support higher disability ratings or unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities from January 1, 2016.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for total left knee arthroplasty and spinal stenosis and multilevel facet arthrosis. The right hip disability issue is remanded due to insufficient evidence.
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