The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are of such severity as to effectively preclude all forms of substantially gainful employment for which the Veteran's education and occupational experience would otherwise qualify him, thus granting TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected cervical strain, thoracic spine strain, asthma, facial dermatitis, acquired psychiatric disorder, right ear tinnitus, and hiatal hernia effectively preclude his ability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical strain, thoracic spine strain, asthma, facial dermatitis, acquired psychiatric disorder, right ear tinnitus, hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- July 2, 2014
- Citation
- 1429898
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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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