The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment due to his physical impairments, which prevent him from performing the required tasks in a warehouse job.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (including traumatic arthritis of the left knee, instability of the left knee, lumbar strain, right knee patellofemoral syndrome) have caused significant functional impairments that interfere with his ability to secure and follow any substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic arthritis of the left knee, Instability of the left knee, Residual meniscectomy associated with traumatic arthritis of the left knee, Lumbar strain, Right knee patellofemoral syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20079947
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation from July 7, 2017, but no earlier, to July 26, 2019, and he was granted basic eligibility for DEA benefits during the same period.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 1, 1973, for the award of service connection for a lumbar spine disability but remanded the issue of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent prior to April 4, 2022, and in excess of 40 percent thereafter.
- Granted
The veteran was granted a total rating based on individual unemployability due to a service-connected disability (TDIU) from April 28, 2017, and basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) as well as special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound criteria were established from the same date.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to January 7, 2021, as his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to obtain and secure substantially gainful employment during that period.
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