Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision 1815946
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment beginning on and after March 24, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral flatfoot disability, recurrent subluxation of the right knee, tri-compartmental degenerative arthritis status post medial meniscus of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 15, 2018
- Citation
- 1815946
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, finding that his combined schedular ratings did not meet the threshold requirement for consideration of TDIU. The case was remanded multiple times and ultimately denied again.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded four issues regarding the Veteran's right knee conditions and total disability rating for individual unemployability, vacating the prior July 2024 denial decision following a Veterans Court order. The remand was necessary to obtain medical opinions addressing the ameliorative effects of the Veteran's medications on his right knee disabilities, as required under recent case law.
- Partly granted
The veteran's request for a higher rating for bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis and right leg strain was denied, but a separate 10 percent rating for recurrent subluxation of the right knee was granted.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood as secondary to service-connected disabilities was granted. The veteran's claims for increased ratings for chondromalacia in both knees were denied, but separate ratings of 10 percent for recurrent subluxation of both knees were granted. Additionally, the veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
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