The Veteran is unemployable due to service-connected bilateral knee disabilities as of April 10, 2010. Prior to that date, he was gainfully employed and his service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities prevented him from performing the physical demands required for his prior job as a sound communication technician, leading to his retirement in April 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals right knee with instability, degenerative arthritis left knee, degenerative arthritis right knee, complex tear of the lateral meniscus of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- August 23, 2017
- Citation
- 1734859
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