The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma do not meet the criteria for a TDIU, as his combined disability rating is less than 70% and he does not have one disability rated at least 40% disabling. The Board finds that the Veteran is not unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric disorder and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma do not meet the schedular requirements for a TDIU, as they do not result in a combined disability rating of at least 70% or one disability rated at least 40%. The evidence does not support an extra-schedular TDIU based on unemployability.
- Claimed conditions
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Psychiatric Disorder (Anxiety and Depression)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 31, 2011
- Citation
- 1132092
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