The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prior to July 27, 2015 did not prevent her from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was able to work part-time as a caregiver and enjoyed retired life with hobbies such as reading, outdoor activities, scuba diving, four-wheeling, and planting trees. Her service-connected conditions were not severe enough to interfere with occupational and social functioning.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorder, Depressive disorder, Stress and urgency urinary incontinence, Tendonitis of the left shoulder, Degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, Compression neuropathy of the right ulnar nerve, Compression neuropathy of the left ulnar nerve, Neurodermatitis, Chondromalacia patella of the right knee with retropatellar bursitis, Tendonitis and bursitis of the left knee, Tendonitis of the right shoulder, Fibrocystic breast disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21062900
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