The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude all substantially gainful employment for which his education and occupational experience would otherwise qualify him.
The deciding factor: VA policy is to grant a TDIU in all cases where service-connected disabilities preclude gainful employment, regardless of the percentage evaluations. The Veteran does not meet the schedular requirements for a TDIU as he has no single disability rated at 60% or more and his combined rating is 40%.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity varicose veins, post-operative linear scar on left ankle, left varicocele
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 12, 2013
- Citation
- 1329336
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected left varicocele with surgical resection, finding that his symptoms are comparable to those of intermittent edema and fatigue after prolonged standing or walking.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there is new and relevant evidence to readjudicate the claim of entitlement to service connection for hernia. The Veteran's current hernia diagnosis is not supported by the record, and his lay statements alone are insufficient to meet the standard to remand for a VA medical examination and/or opinion. For the left varicocele claim, the Board has determined that there is new and relevant evidence to readjudicate the claim, but further clarification on the etiology of the condition is needed.
- Partly granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates of January 15, 2019 for the grant of service connection for left lower extremity varicose veins, right lower extremity varicose veins, and bilateral plantar fasciitis.,The appeals concerning the issues of entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for allergic rhinitis, bilateral hearing loss, and scar of the scalp have been withdrawn.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and readjudication due to non-compliance with prior remand directives.
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