The Veteran's combined service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted TDIU.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran's service-connected conditions, including sleep apnea, migraine headaches, anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder with panic disorder without agoraphobia, chronic lumbar strain, patellofemoral pain right knee, and right knee scar, rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, migraine headaches, anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder with panic disorder without agoraphobia, chronic lumbar strain with degenerative joint disease, patellofemoral pain right knee, status post surgery for medial meniscus surgery as well as medial plica and anterior fat pad fibrosis, right knee scar, status post medial meniscus surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2018
- Citation
- 1802173
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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