The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are so severe that they preclude him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, warranting a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including PTSD, hemorrhoids, knee issues, tinnitus, and hearing loss, make it impossible for him to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), hemorrhoids, chondromalacia patella of the right knee, tinnitus, history of a commuted fracture of the right index finger, right knee chondromalacia, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, right knee limitation of extension, bilateral hearing loss, pseudofollicultitis barbae
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- January 17, 2018
- Citation
- 1803144
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