The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from securing and following some form of substantially gainful employment, warranting a TDIU rating.
The deciding factor: The combined effect of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension with kidney disease, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with spondylosis and spinal stenosis, left shoulder osteoarthritis, left knee osteoarthritis, degenerative joint disease of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2012
- Citation
- 1239481
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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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