The Veteran's bilateral shoulder tendonitis has rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment, meeting the criteria for a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected bilateral shoulder tendonitis prevented him from engaging in substantially gainful employment due to severe pain and limited mobility.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- March 28, 2011
- Citation
- 1112294
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to missing service treatment records and new examinations are needed to assess his current diagnoses and determine if they are related to active duty.
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