The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment from October 1, 2014, to July 8, 2020. A total disability rating based on individual unemployability is granted during this period.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including anxiety disorder, right knee degenerative joint disease, and thoracolumbar spine arthritis, rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment from October 1, 2014, to July 8, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified with pain disorder, degenerative joint disease, right knee, degenerative arthritis, thoracolumbar spine, left complex regional pain syndrome, status post left knee anterior cruciate ligament repair with degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22042788
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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