The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and therefore his TDIU claim is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran is unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as a result of his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- severe degenerative arthritis of the left knee, right knee osteoarthritis, diabetes mellitus, type II, pseudophakia for bilateral cataracts associated with diabetes, arrhythmia atrial reentrant tachycardia, hypertension associated with diabetes, diabetic nephropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- A19002875
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What this means for you
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