The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted. The appeals for the other issues are withdrawn.
The deciding factor: The Veteran testified that he was unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities, which include DDD of the cervical spine, right lower extremity radiculopathy, hypertension, bilateral hearing loss, and osteoporosis as secondary to DDD of the lumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the cervical spine, Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Hypertension, Bilateral hearing loss, Osteoporosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2014
- Citation
- 1428713
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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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