The veteran's service-connected disabilities are of such severity as to preclude all forms of substantially gainful employment, and the Board finds that he meets the criteria for a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The veteran has multiple service-connected disabilities rated at 90 percent combined, which meet the schedular requirements for a TDIU. The VA examinations and vocational rehabilitation findings support his claim that these disabilities prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic degenerative disc disease with probable foraminal stenosis, general anxiety disorder, residual wound of muscle group II, right shoulder, residual wound of muscle group XX, lumbar region, residual wound of muscle group XVII, right buttock, residual wound of muscle group XVII, left buttock, residual wound of muscle group XI, right leg, tinnitus, residuals of malaria, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- January 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0301847
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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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