The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment, and the Board grants a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (including arthritis of the lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and premature ventricular contractions) are found to be so severe that they prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome, left lower extremity radiculopathy with residual bowel, bladder, and erectile dysfunction (claimed as neuralgia of sciatic nerve), right lower extremity radiculopathy with residual bowel, bladder, and erectile dysfunction (claimed as neuralgia of sciatic nerve), premature ventricular contractions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2012
- Citation
- 1240250
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for premature ventricular contractions, tachycardia, angina, and arrhythmia as secondary to her service-connected asthma and PTSD due to a lack of evidence showing a current diagnosis.
- Partly granted
The Board granted the petitions to reopen claims for service connection for multiple conditions, but remanded all claims for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's supraventricular tachycardia, premature ventricular contractions, and premature atrial contractions based on the evidence showing that the workload of greater than 5 METs but not greater than 7 METs resulted in heart failure symptoms.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of premature ventricular contractions is remanded to obtain missing medical records.
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