The veteran's service-connected disabilities are of such a nature and severity as to preclude him from gainful employment, resulting in the grant of a total disability evaluation for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability results in severe degenerative disc disease and limitation of motion, but is not productive of unfavorable ankylosis of the entire spine. The combined disability evaluation from his service-connected disabilities precludes him from gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 3, 2008
- Citation
- 0811063
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine and an earlier effective date for total disability based on individual unemployability.
- Denied
The Board denied an effective date prior to January 10, 2024, for the grant of service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for increased rating for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, both prior to and from December 2, 2019.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial disability rating of 40 percent for degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine.
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