The Veteran is granted a TDIU and DEA for the period beginning January 30, 2017 due to service-connected disabilities that precluded substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities (total right knee replacement, total left knee replacement) and lumbar spine disability limit his ability to work physical or sedentary jobs.
- Claimed conditions
- total right knee replacement, total left knee replacement, degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, painful right knee scar, linear left knee scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 23, 2024
- Citation
- A24027327
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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.
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for a higher disability rating and an earlier effective date were dismissed as they are duplicative of previous decisions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection on multiple conditions have been dismissed due to their death.
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