The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unemployable from July 1, 2008, and the Board granted entitlement to TDIU on an extraschedular basis effective that date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected low back disability and neurological impairment of the lower extremities made it impossible for him to follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and experience.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine with intervertebral disc syndrome, Neurological impairment of the right lower extremity, Neurological impairment of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 2, 2017
- Citation
- 1719658
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