The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a TDIU rating as her combined evaluation is less than 60% and she does not have one disability rated at least 40% disabling. The Board finds that her service-connected conditions, alone, are not shown to preclude her from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the schedular requirements for a TDIU rating as her combined evaluation is less than 60%. Additionally, while she has multiple service-connected disabilities, none of them individually are rated at least 40% disabling. The VA examinations and SSA records indicate that her service-connected conditions, along with other non-service connected disabilities, prevent her from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- DeQuervain's syndrome of the right wrist, left knee chondromalacia, right maxillary sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 2, 2014
- Citation
- 1400166
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