The Veteran is granted a TDIU as of August 11, 2015 due to his service-connected disabilities. The case is also remanded for consideration of an extraschedular TDIU prior to August 11, 2015 and issuance of a SOC regarding the issue of entitlement to a TTE based on a service-connected disability requiring a period of convalescence following February 2016 surgery.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from obtaining and maintaining any form of gainful employment, warranting a schedular TDIU as of August 11, 2015. The case is referred to the Director, Compensation Service for consideration of an extraschedular TDIU prior to this date.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudofolliculitis barbae, lumbar lordosis and diffuse spondylosis with intervertebral disc disease, right knee arthritis, left knee degenerative arthritis, residual painful scar status-post right inguinal herniorrhaphy, right testicle atrophy, residual right groin ilio-inguinal neuralgia, erectile dysfunction, right lumbar radiculopathy, left lumbar radiculopathy, right knee retropatellar pain syndrome, left knee retropatellar pain syndrome, tricompartmental arthritis of the right knee with instability, tricompartmental arthritis of the left knee with instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 21, 2016
- Citation
- 1629063
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