The Veteran's combined service-connected disability rating does not meet the schedular percentage criteria for TDIU and his service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from engaging in gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined service-connected disability rating is 40%, which meets the minimum schedular requirement for TDIU. However, his service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from engaging in gainful employment as he can still perform substantially gainful employment with his current conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- essential tremor, chronic brain syndrome residual of encephalitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1456572
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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