The Board has granted a TDIU rating, finding that the veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unemployable. The issue of an increased rating for lumbar stenosis with bulging disc is remanded due to additional evidence received since the June 2002 Statement of the Case.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's multiple service-connected disabilities, including his lumbar spine condition, rendered him unemployable and granted a TDIU rating. The issue of an increased rating for lumbar stenosis with bulging disc is remanded to allow for further review of the evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the cervical spine, residuals of a left shoulder injury, sinusitis with allergic rhinitis, left carpel syndrome, right carpal tunnel syndrome, lumbar stenosis with bulging disc, left calcaneal spur, right calcaneal spur, hypertension with systolic ejection murmur, prostatitis, chondromalacia of the left knee, chondromalacia of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0336384
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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