The Veteran is granted a TDIU from May 29, 2015 to October 3, 2018 due to his service-connected disabilities. The claim for prior to this period is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's service-connected lower extremity conditions rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from May 29, 2015 to October 3, 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee, Left Hip Degenerative Joint Disease, Right Hip Degenerative Joint Disease, Right Hip Thigh Impairment, Right Knee Ligament Tear Reconstruction and Knee Joint Osteoarthritis, Left Knee Patellofemoral Syndrome with Degenerative Joint Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19189110
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.
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