The Veteran's service-connected left shoulder disability and adjustment disorder have resulted in a combined rating of 60%, meeting the minimum schedular criteria for TDIU. The Board granted TDIU based on his inability to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment due to these disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions significantly decreased his ability to perform any meaningful work, especially those requiring overhead or front-of-body tasks.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the left shoulder, Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- September 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1737684
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and therefore a total disability rating based on individual unemployability is denied.
- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, finding that there was no credible evidence of in-service events leading to current mental health conditions.
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