The appellant's combined rating for service-connected disabilities is 50 percent, which does not meet the criteria for a TDIU based on his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The appellant's combined disability rating of 50% does not meet the statutory threshold required for a TDIU under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a).
- Claimed conditions
- Intervertebral disc syndrome with minimal degenerative changes and lower extremity neurological abnormality, Type II diabetes mellitus, Residuals of hemorrhoidectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- August 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1028880
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What this means for you
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