The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render her unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran is able to maintain employment, including a full-time position as an adjunct professor at the local community college, despite her service-connected disabilities of dysthymic disorder, TMJ, headaches associated with TMJ, chondromalacia of the left knee, and herpes zoster.
- Claimed conditions
- dysthymic disorder, temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), headaches associated with TMJ, chondromalacia of the left knee, herpes zoster
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2018
- Citation
- 18101629
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for gonococcal urethritis and temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) as these conditions are found to have been incurred during active military service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for broken jaw/TMJ, motion sickness, right knee pain, right shin pain, left ankle pain, bilateral pes planus, and left buttock pain as there is no evidence of current disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for chondromalacia of the left knee, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic condition in service or within the presumptive period after service. The Board also noted that her medical discharge from service was due to pes planus and not any left knee condition.
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