The Veteran's service-connected bronchitis with bronchiectasis has rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, leading to the grant of TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran is unable to engage in any type of full-time employment due to his service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bronchitis with bronchiectasis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 7, 2011
- Citation
- 1100872
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Denied
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