The Veteran's claim for a TDIU was denied as he failed to appear at the scheduled VA examination and did not provide good cause.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to appear for a required VA examination, which is necessary to determine his employability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary impairment due to oil smoke, left knee replacement, right knee replacement, peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity, status post resection of giant cell tumor of tendon sheath, left ankle with degenerative changes, tinea corpus, onychomycosis, right hand, thumb of the left hand and 2nd, 3rd, 4th toes of the right foot, carpal tunnel syndrome, right wrist, sclerosis, right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2012
- Citation
- 1228213
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and accrued benefits due to procedural issues, as the appeals were not within the modernized review system.
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