The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are as likely as not of such nature and severity as to prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, leading to a TDIU on an extraschedular basis from March 1, 2011, until February 23, 2020, and a TDIU granted from February 24, 2020, onward.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to perform physical labor and limit his ability to concentrate, making it difficult for him to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee unstable and painful scar, residuals of right knee septic arthritis and arthrotomy, right knee deep nonlinear scar, total knee replacement of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 14, 2021
- Citation
- 21002757
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