The Veteran is rendered unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment due to service-connected knee and lumbar spine disabilities from October 2, 2015 to December 1, 2015, June 20, 2016 to September 1, 2016, July 19, 2017 to September 1, 2018, and April 10, 2019 to June 1, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment during the specified periods.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Arthroplasty, Radiculopathy in the Right Lower Extremity, Radiculopathy in the Left Lower Extremity, Left Knee Lateral Meniscus Tear with Limitation of Flexion, Left Knee Arthritis Associated with Left Knee Lateral Meniscus Tear with Limitation of Flexion, Left Knee Meniscal Disorder, Lumbar Spine Degenerative Arthritis, Right Hip Osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 14, 2024
- Citation
- 24032967
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 344 · Granted: 11% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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