The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral foot and knee disabilities, lower extremity radiculopathy, and a lower back disability, prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience since May 22, 2018.
The deciding factor: The combined rating of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities (90%) poses a significant barrier to securing or following a substantially gainful occupation due to severe functional loss and the need for assistive devices.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot disabilities, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy disabilities (sciatic and femoral nerves), bilateral knee disabilities, lower back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- October 27, 2020
- Citation
- A20016053
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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