The Veteran's jaw disability has consistently resulted in severe pain and associated impairment from medications used to treat the pain, leading to a higher rating of 60 percent on an extraschedular basis for the entire appeal period. The effective date for TDIU is set at April 7, 2006.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's jaw disability resulted in significant functional impairment and required multiple surgeries, which led to him being unable to continue his previous occupation as a fork lift operator due to pain and medication side effects. His other service-connected ankle disability also contributed to his inability to secure or follow substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- status-post-operative-fracture-of-the-mandible
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 23, 2017
- Citation
- 1717897
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