The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected disabilities, including chronic undifferentiated type schizophrenic reaction and calluses of both feet, preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment. Therefore, a TDIU is granted.
The deciding factor: The combined disability evaluation for the veteran's service-connected conditions meets the criteria set forth in 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a).
- Claimed conditions
- chronic undifferentiated type schizophrenic reaction, residuals of an injury to muscle group XI, the right heel, calluses of the left foot, calluses of the right foot, hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0614399
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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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