The Veteran's 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 Veteran's service-connected conditions, including his head injury residuals, PTSD, migraines, foot disorders, back issues, and other impairments, have made it impossible for him to engage in substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of head injury, PTSD, migraine headaches, pes planus with hallux valgus and hammer toes, left foot, residuals, fracture, right great toe, status partial amputation, end, toe, with hallux valgus and hammertoes, left lateral upper eyelid scar, irritable bowel syndrome with recurrent duodenitis and hiatal hernia, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, cervical spine degenerative arthritis, bilateral plantar warts, right knee chondromalacia, chronic left knee strain, residuals, fracture, right little finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 18, 2018
- Citation
- 1803442
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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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