The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are shown to prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a TDIU on an extraschedular basis effective December 9, 2015.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran's service-connected thoracolumbar strain with degenerative arthritis, radiculopathy of the lower extremities, right wrist tendonitis, and tinnitus associated with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracolumbar strain with degenerative arthritis, radiculopathy, right lower extremity, radiculopathy, left lower extremity, right wrist tendonitis, tinnitus associated with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- September 18, 2017
- Citation
- 1740444
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, lower back condition, radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, and bilateral hearing loss.,There is no evidence linking these conditions to service.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all appeal issues as the Veteran withdrew his appeals prior to a decision being made.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for thoracolumbar spine and secondary service connection for radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to the Veteran's active-duty service.
- Dismissed
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