The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected left knee and hip conditions render him unable to perform the physical demands required for most jobs, making it impossible for him to secure and maintain gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee Osgood Schlatter’s disease with anterior cruciate ligament tear and degenerative arthritis, left knee Osgood Schlatter’s disease with anterior cruciate ligament tear and degenerative arthritis (limitation of flexion), left knee Osgood Schlatter’s disease with anterior cruciate ligament tear and degenerative arthritis (limitation of extension), osteoarthritis with femoral acetabular impingement syndrome, left hip, osteoarthritis with femoral acetabular impingement syndrome, right hip, right knee strain with degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19129025
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Decisions by this judge: 1,934 · Granted: 41% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the failure to consider additional evidence submitted after the initial rating decisions.,Service connection claims for a left knee disability, lumbosacral spine disability, and lower extremity neuropathies require further development.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability, finding that the Veteran's current condition is directly related to his active military service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for right and left knee strain with degenerative arthritis, but remanded the claims for separate ratings based on instability and/or locking.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
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