The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU due to his bilateral knee conditions and associated disabilities, finding that none of his service-connected disabilities meet the schedular criteria for a TDIU. The Board also found no evidence of unemployability due to these disabilities alone.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment as there is no indication he would be unable to secure such employment due to his knee disabilities alone.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee conditions, lumbar radiculopathy, spinal stenosis of the lumbar region, degeneration of lumbar intervertebral disc of the L4 to L5
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2021
- Citation
- 21062363
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