The Board has granted a TDIU effective April 5, 2001, based on the veteran's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The earliest date as of which it was factually ascertainable that the veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or maintain gainful employment was April 5, 2001.
- Claimed conditions
- Incomplete paralysis of the right ulnar nerve, Right shoulder through and through shrapnel wound with resultant ulnar nerve injury, Hearing loss and tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0817489
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as of April 11, 2023. The Board granted a TDIU based on the combined rating of his service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment, warranting a TDIU effective February 13, 2006.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings for his cervical spine disability and bilateral ulnar neuropathy due to outstanding VA treatment records, a need for additional medical opinions, and incomplete information.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for cervical spine disability, incomplete paralysis of the right ulnar nerve, and incomplete paralysis of the left ulnar nerve due to outstanding VA treatment records and authorization for private treatment records.
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