The Veteran is unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment as a result of his service-connected disabilities, which meet the criteria for TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment due to their severity and impact on his ability to perform physical tasks required by most jobs.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, fracture of the right hip, lacerations to the chin and mouth, brain concussion, residuals fracture of the right mandible, severance of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, residuals, fracture of the right knee, residuals, fracture of the right medial malleolus, residuals, lacerations above the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 29, 2009
- Citation
- 0920025
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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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- Dismissed
The appeal has been dismissed due to the death of the appellant, and no further action can be taken on this matter.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's widow is seeking service connection for her husband's death and increased rating for his tuberculosis. The claims are being remanded to consider the pending accrued benefits claim, which could potentially affect the cause of death determination.
- Denied
The veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The Board found no new evidence to reopen the claim of residuals of a brain concussion, as there was no showing of current residuals or head injury during service.
- Denied
The Board found no well-grounded claims for service connection due to lack of medical evidence linking current disabilities to the veteran's inservice injuries.
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