The Veteran's service-connected conditions have been rated appropriately, and the Board finds that his TDIU claim is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran meets the percentage requirements for TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with depression, status post triple arthrodesis, left foot, tarsal tunnel, right foot, scar, right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2015
- Citation
- 1517225
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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