The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with intervertebral disc syndrome, right knee instability, and lower extremity radiculopathies, have rendered him unable to maintain substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational background.
The deciding factor: The cumulative impact of the Veteran’s service-connected disabilities has resulted in significant physical functional limitations that prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with intervertebral disc syndrome, Right knee instability, Degenerative arthritis of the right and left knee, Left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, Right lower extremity femoral radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- December 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19190871
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for right knee instability but denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative arthritis of the right knee.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, right shoulder impingement syndrome with rotator cuff strain, and right lower extremity femoral radiculopathy.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for right knee instability and a 20 percent rating for painful and/or limited motion of the right knee, but denied a higher rating for degenerative arthritis of the right knee.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for left and right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy and a separate evaluation for left knee instability, finding that the evidence did not support higher evaluations.
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