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 meeting the criteria for TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his mood disorder, intervertebral disc syndrome, osteoporosis, bursitis, and hip conditions, effectively preclude him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder due to general medical condition, intervertebral disc syndrome with herniated nucleus pulposus status post in-service laminectomy, osteoporosis and bursitis, right hip, osteoporosis and bursitis, left hip, limitation of extension, left hip, limitation of flexion, right hip, left lower extremity radiculopathy, limitation of extension, right hip, limitation of flexion, left hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 9, 2016
- Citation
- 1604926
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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.
- 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.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have left lower extremity radiculopathy or any related symptoms causing impairment in earning capacity during the appeal period, and therefore service connection for this condition is denied.
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