The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bronchial asthma and maxillary sinusitis, have resulted in a combined disability evaluation of 70 percent from October 25, 2006. The Board has granted a TDIU for the period on and after October 25, 2006.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment due to their severity and his educational background.
- Claimed conditions
- bronchial asthma, maxillary sinusitis, allergic sinusitis with a deviated nasal septum, shin splints of each leg, epididymitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 25, 2013
- Citation
- 1310014
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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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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected bronchial asthma does not preclude him from maintaining substantial gainful employment.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's epididymitis was incurred during service and granted service connection for this condition.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for obstructive sleep apnea and TDIU is dismissed as the issues are already pending in the legacy system, and docketing of the January 2022 NOD was erroneous.
- Granted
The Veteran's effective date for a 40 percent disability rating for service-connected epididymitis, status post right hemiscrotal exploration, is granted as of June 21, 2019.
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