The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his left knee conditions and adjustment disorder with depressed mood, prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions indicate that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to engage in substantial gainful employment due to physical limitations.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Left Knee, Chondromalacia, Status Post Meniscectomy of the Left Knee, Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1712213
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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