The Veteran's combined rating is at least 70% due to his service-connected disabilities, qualifying him for a TDIU. The VA examiner found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone are sufficient by themselves to render him unemployable.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has multiple service-connected disabilities rated at more than 40%, and his combined rating is over 70% which meets the schedular criteria for a TDIU. The VA examiner found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone are sufficient by themselves to render him unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- fallen arches, bilateral, lumbar degenerative disc disease, adjustment disorder with depressed mood, left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- October 9, 2015
- Citation
- 1543594
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy and denied the claims for right knee disability, erectile dysfunction, GERD, sleep apnea, and hypertension. The decision is remanded for further action on these issues.
- Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for middle and index trigger finger/stenosing tenosynovitis of the right hand, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The earliest effective date is June 30, 2012, for the right hand condition and April 22, 2016, for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
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