The Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s bilateral knee disabilities, while limiting his ability to perform certain activities, do not prevent him from securing and following all substantially gainful occupations.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee osteoarthritis, right knee osteoarthritis, right knee dislocated semilunar cartilage, left knee dislocated semilunar cartilage, instability of the right knee, instability of the left knee, limitation of extension of the left knee, limitation of extension of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- August 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19164852
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- Granted
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