The Veteran is unable to maintain substantially gainful employment due to service-connected disabilities, and the Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from June 27, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (including anxiety disorder, lumbar spine osteoarthritis, left shoulder osteoarthritis, right shoulder osteoarthritis, degenerative arthritis in the right knee, degenerative arthritis in the left knee, right hip osteoarthritis, left hip osteoarthritis, and low frequency hearing loss in the left ear) have rendered her unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety disorder, Lumbar spine osteoarthritis, Left shoulder osteoarthritis, Right shoulder osteoarthritis, Degenerative arthritis in the right knee, Degenerative arthritis in the left knee, Right hip osteoarthritis, Left hip osteoarthritis, Low frequency hearing loss in the left ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19179904
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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- Granted
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