The Veteran's service-connected left and right total knee replacements are rated at 60 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating. The Board has granted a TDIU based on his bilateral knee disabilities preventing him from securing or following any substantial gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s bilateral knee disabilities cause severe functional limitations that prevent him from performing work consistent with his previous employment as a police officer, thus meeting the criteria for a TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- left total knee replacement, right total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- August 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19161366
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