The Veteran's right hip and wrist disabilities have been rated based on their service-connected nature, with a TDIU granted effective June 15, 2012. The rating for the right hip fracture remains at 10 percent due to flexion limitation not meeting higher criteria, while the wrist disability is rated as 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded all forms of substantially gainful employment beginning June 15, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Fracture, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19189585
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 940 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including diabetes, stroke, and vision problems, have prevented him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment from July 1, 2019, to February 16, 2022.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education, training, and work history.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's right wrist disability is rated at 30 percent since November 18, 2020. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a higher rating as there is no ankylosis of the dominant wrist in any other position except favorable.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's appeal for higher ratings for his right hip disability was denied. He is currently rated at 10 percent for limitation of flexion and no rating has been assigned for limitation of adduction.
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