The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment from March 11, 2017.
The deciding factor: The competent and credible evidence of record persuasively established that the Veteran was unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the right knee, major depressive disorder (psychiatric disability), lumbar spine, herniated disc, ruptured nucleus pulposus (lumbar disability), right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, scars of the lumbar and right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 18, 2024
- Citation
- 24031980
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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