The Veteran meets the schedular criteria for TDIU and his service-connected disabilities preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The combined rating of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities is 90 percent, which satisfies the schedular requirement. The medical evidence supports that the Veteran's disabilities prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- seborrheic dermatitis, residuals of cold injuries to both upper and lower extremities, seborrheic blepharitis associated with seborrheic dermatitis, right and left knee disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- July 7, 2011
- Citation
- 1125552
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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.
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