The Veteran's right knee disability prevented him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment beginning May 8, 2012. The Board granted a TDIU effective that date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right knee disability prevented him from engaging in sedentary or moderate duty employment as required by the criteria for TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability, bilateral conjunctivitis, appendectomy and knee scars, varicocele
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19165358
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- Remanded (sent back)
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