The Veteran's combined service-connected disability rating is 60 percent, and he is unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities. The Board finds that the criteria for TDIU are met.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has a combined service-connected disability rating of 60%, which meets the minimum schedular criteria for TDIU eligibility, and he is unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine disability with multilevel degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease (lumbar spine disability), raticulopathy of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- May 9, 2017
- Citation
- 1715531
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- Remanded (sent back)
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