The Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, leading to the grant of TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities prevented him from performing sedentary employment due to functional loss and impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- November 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19182911
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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The Board granted the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected bilateral foot and knee disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's appeals for timely filing of their requests to appeal various rating decisions, including those related to service connection and increased ratings for multiple conditions.
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