Veteran Disability
Bone and Joints Disability Rating Table
Below, I’ve used a bone and joints disability rating table to illustrate how these selected issues and symptoms rate on the veterans disability rating system.
Rating Table for Selected Symptoms – Veterans’ Disability
Below, I’ve used a ratings table to illustrate how selected neurological and psychological symptoms rate on the veterans disability rating system.
Understand the New Rating for Back and Neck Spinal Disability
Degenerative joint disease of the spine is one of the most common claims made by Veterans for service-connected disability.
Understanding Knee Injury Disability Rating
Knee injury is very common among servicemen. The injury may be slight, but years later, many veterans develop severe knee arthritis attributed to their initial service injury.
Veteran Disability Total Unemployability , TDIU
For a veteran to prevail on a claim based on total unemployability, it is necessary that the record reflect some factor which places the claimant in a different position than other veterans with the same disability rating.
Cases Litigated Before The CAVC
MU v. Shinseki 09-3570
RK v. Shinseki 13-2908
EW v. Shinseki 12-2155
HH v. Shinseki 11-1612
Individual Unemployability
When evaluating a veteran’s employability, consideration may be given to his/her level of education, special training, and previous work experience, but not to age or impairment caused by non service-connected disabilities. 38 C.F.R. §§ 3.341, 4.19
Once a Veteran is found to have 60% service-connected disability (or 40%/70%) in step one of the analysis, the VA analyzes the veteran’s educational and occupational history to determine whether his service-connected disabilities preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment (activity) (SGA).
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April 11, 2022
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