The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are of such nature and severity as to prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment since March 8, 2014. The Board finds that the evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether his service-connected conditions render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined disability ratings have reached 100 percent effective September 1, 2015, which meets the schedular percentage requirements for entitlement to a TDIU. The Board also determined that his service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- asthma with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), gout, left shoulder bursitis, right shoulder bursitis, left foot Achilles tendonitis with sesamoiditis and accessory navicular, right foot Achilles tendonitis with sesamoiditis and accessory navicular, hypertension, post-thrombotic syndrome of the right lower extremity (claimed as blood clots secondary to gout), hemorrhoids, appendectomy scar, deep thrombosis in the right leg (claimed as blood clots secondary to gout)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 8, 2017
- Citation
- 1737992
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