The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including chronic lumbar myofascial strain and right foot conditions, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation since August 22, 2014. The Board has granted a TDIU on a schedular basis effective that date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including chronic lumbar myofascial strain and right foot conditions, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation since August 22, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lumbar myofascial strain, claw toe deformity of the right foot, hallux valgus deformity of the right foot, mild pes planus of the right foot, abnormal pronation of the right foot, postoperative scar in the interdigital space between fourth and fifth toes of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- September 13, 2017
- Citation
- 1738834
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