The Board finds that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone are not of such a nature and severity as to prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, thus denying his claim for TDIU.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from maintaining gainful employment solely due to their effects.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sleep apnea, mechanical low back strain, left lower extremity radiculopathy, left shoulder acromioclavicular joint arthritis, tinnitus, bilateral sacroiliac joint arthritis, bilateral hearing loss, recurrent right eye iritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 8, 2018
- Citation
- 1800979
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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