The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful employment for the entirety of the period on appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has multiple service-connected conditions that render him unemployable due to his psychiatric disorder, bilateral knee conditions, and chronic constipation with elevated transaminase levels.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive Disorder, Migraine Headaches, Left Knee Patellofemoral Syndrome with Arthritis and Cartilage Injury, Right Knee Patellofemoral Syndrome, Chronic Constipation with Elevated Transaminase Levels, Hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- November 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22063300
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