The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the criteria for entitlement to a TDIU are met.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from performing physical and sedentary employment due to his cervical spine disability and neurological symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical radiculopathy of the right upper extremity, right ulnar neuropathy and cervical radiculopathy, degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, right shoulder degenerative joint disease and shoulder impingement syndrome, degenerative joint disease, thoracic spine, scar, status post laceration above right eyebrow, scar, status post repair right shoulder rotator cuff tear, residual fusion scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 22, 2018
- Citation
- 1804096
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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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