The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including right shoulder bursitis, left shoulder bursitis, thoracolumbar spine disability, sinusitis, eosinophilic granule residuals, and cervical diskectomy with mild loss of range of motion, have resulted in a combined rating of 70 percent as of May 1, 2009. The Veteran meets the schedular criteria for a TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities precluding him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have resulted in a combined rating of 70 percent as of May 1, 2009, which meets the schedular criteria for a TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder bursitis, left shoulder bursitis, residuals of an injury of the thoracolumbar spine, sinusitis, residuals of diffuse bilateral eosinophilic granule, postsurgical cervical diskectomy with mild loss of range of motion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 15, 2013
- Citation
- 1312466
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