The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation since June 8, 2022.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has multiple service-connected disabilities that significantly impact his ability to work due to pain and functional limitations.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, left thigh disability, left hip degenerative arthritis with limitation of adduction of the thigh, right hip degenerative arthritis with femoral acetabular impingement syndrome impairment of the thigh, left knee degenerative joint disease with limitation of flexion, right knee degenerative joint disease, pseudofolliculitis barbae, bilateral hearing loss, left hip degenerative arthritis limitation of extension, left hip degenerative arthritis limitation of flexion, degenerative arthritis right hip with femoral acetabular impingement syndrome impairment of extension, degenerative arthritis with femoral acetabular impingement syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23000243
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 154 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and a ruptured right ear drum was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
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