The Veteran's combined service-connected disabilities do not meet the minimum rating requirements for a TDIU on a schedular basis. The Board finds that his service-connected disabilities do not render him unemployable, as he is capable of performing sedentary employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has a Bachelor's degree in marketing and holds multiple jobs related to driving motor vehicles, including taxicab driver. Despite physical limitations due to his back disability, the Veteran continues to exercise at home and lift up to 50 pounds. The VA examiner found that while the Veteran's back disability precludes physically demanding labor, sedentary employment is not excluded.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, right leg neuropathy, left leg neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 30, 2018
- Citation
- 1805917
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