The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including a herniated nucleus pulposus and an adjustment disorder, are found to be so severe that they prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted the TDIU based on this finding.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (herniated nucleus pulposus and adjustment disorder) have rendered him physically incapable of performing his usual occupation as a private investigator, which is consistent with his education and work history.
- Claimed conditions
- herniated nucleus pulposus, adjustment disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1018402
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