The veteran is granted a TDIU due to his service-connected back disability, which precludes him from obtaining or maintaining any gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's service-connected back disability has rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of burst fracture T-12 with degenerative disc disease, thoracolumbar spine, with vertebral deformity, Neurological manifestations of degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine, Coronary artery disease secondary to hypercholesterolemia, status post myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 31, 2003
- Citation
- 0329901
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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.
What you can do next
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for intervertebral disc syndrome with degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine, finding that it is at least as likely as not that the condition had its onset during service.
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