The veteran's service-connected filariasis and cholecystectomy residuals do not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, resulting in a grant of TDIU.
The deciding factor: The veteran's combined disability evaluation is 40 percent, which meets the criteria for TDIU as one condition (filariasis) is rated at least 40% disabling and does not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- filariasis, residuals of cholecystectomy, appendectomy scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0002751
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- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 40 percent for lumbar strain, a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of cholecystectomy, and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. A 20 percent rating was granted for laparotomy scars, abdomen.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and initial compensable ratings, as well as service connection for various conditions, except for a scar related to a laminectomy which was granted with an effective date of March 22, 2021.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied service connection for dental residuals of full mouth rehabilitation and remanded the claims for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for GERD with hiatal hernia, a separate compensable rating for cholecystectomy residuals, a compensable rating for recurrent uveitis, and separate ratings for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew all active appeals regarding the service connection issues listed in his May 18, 2022 Notice of Disagreement. The appeal is dismissed as withdrawn.
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