The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, when evaluated in association with his educational attainment and occupational experience, preclude all forms of gainful employment. The Board grants TDIU on an extraschedular basis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from performing manual labor or work as a cook due to pain and functional limitations caused by his back condition and sciatic nerve disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back injury, Paralysis of sciatic nerve, right lower extremity, Paralysis of sciatic nerve, left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 29, 2017
- Citation
- 1724922
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for low back injury, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus to allow for further development of evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for low back injury, groin injury, arthritis (claimed as rib cage injury), and left side nerve damage (claimed as side injury) due to a lack of evidence supporting the claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's low back disability may be related to his active service, but needs further evidence before a decision can be made.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for a low back injury. The case is now remanded for further action, including obtaining a VA medical opinion.
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