The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unemployable, and the Board has granted a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions cause him to be totally disabled and incapable of sustained gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- dystaxia and sensory loss, right upper extremity, dystaxia and sensory loss, right lower extremity, residuals of brain hemorrhage, trigeminal nerve dysfunction with headaches, thalamic pain syndrome, left side, numbness and pain to the right half of his neck and trunk
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- July 1, 2010
- Citation
- 1024702
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and conducting examinations to assess the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. The TDIU claim will be reconsidered based on this additional evidence.
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