The Veteran meets the schedular requirement for TDIU on a schedular basis from November 29, 2011 due to his service-connected disabilities. The Board grants TDIU on this basis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unemployable and meet the schedular requirements for TDIU as of November 29, 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Migraine Headaches, Lumbar Myositis, Cervical Myositis, Right Hip Trochanteric Bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1701479
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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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