The Veteran's service-connected right knee total replacement, left knee medial epicondyle enthesopathy, and right knee scar do not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: Veteran’s service-connected conditions alone do not preclude him from performing the physical acts required by employment due to his education and occupational background.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Total Knee Replacement, Left Knee Medial Epicondyle Enthesopathy, Right Knee Scar (Associated with Right Total Knee Replacement)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19170401
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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