The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including her right knee condition and associated left knee replacement, have prevented her from securing or following substantially gainful employment consistent with her education and occupational experience prior to September 1, 2010.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly her right knee conditions, significantly impacted her ability to perform the duties of her past jobs and made it impossible for her to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Condition, Left Knee Condition (including total left knee replacement), Right Hip Strain, Left Hip Strain, Post-surgical Scars of the Left Knee, Post-surgical Scars of the Right Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 12, 2017
- Citation
- 1757437
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral knee conditions, finding that the Veteran's current knee conditions are more likely than not related to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a left hip disability, finding that there was no medical evidence linking his current condition to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the most recent rating decision on the merits, issued in October 2024, requires correction due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors. The claim for service connection for a right knee condition is being remanded.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee condition is related to his service-connected left knee, back, and bilateral foot disabilities. The decision grants entitlement to service connection for this condition.
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