The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted prior to July 28, 2009. Claims for service connection have been reopened and direct service connection has been established for a left hand disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's employment as a corrections officer was rendered unfeasible due to his service-connected disabilities, leading to TDIU eligibility. The claims for bilateral hand disabilities, cervical spine disability, and right shoulder disability were reopened with the submission of new evidence supporting their existence.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, chronic low strain with degenerative changes at L5-S1 and left sciatica/radiculopathy, cervical spine disability (claimed as thoracic spine disability), left shoulder disability (claimed as right shoulder disability), right hand disability (claimed as bilateral hand disability), right arm disability (claimed as secondary to lumbar spine disability), right shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 21, 2012
- Citation
- 1218004
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and a ruptured right ear drum was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability and migraines/chronic headaches are remanded for additional development due to insufficient opinions on the etiology of her conditions.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
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