The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to obtain and retain substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: VA medical examinations have found the Veteran capable of sedentary work, despite his service-connected disabilities. The combined rating for his service-connected conditions is less than 70 percent, which precludes a TDIU based on percentage criteria alone.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic muscle strain with associated degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, Radiculopathy of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- September 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1233478
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