The Veteran's service-connected right knee arthritis and left hip bursitis preclude him from obtaining and maintaining all forms of substantial gainful employment, thus the Board granted a total disability rating based on unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran has physical limitations resulting from his service-connected right knee arthritis that prevent him from performing physical labor.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee arthritis, left hip bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19143086
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
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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