The Veteran's service-connected disabilities combine to make him unemployable, and the Board grants entitlement to TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined rating of 90% due to his service-connected disabilities meets the minimum schedular criteria for TDIU under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a).
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic tension headaches, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), right acromioclavicular arthritis, right knee patellofemoral chondromalacia with degenerative findings, recurrent subluxation/lateral instability, right knee, degenerative joint disease, left knee, vertigo, carpal tunnel syndrome, left wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2014
- Citation
- 1446633
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What this means for you
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