The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine and adjustment disorder, have rendered him unemployable due to physical limitations. The Board has granted TDIU based on these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly his back issues and associated radiculopathy, prevent him from engaging in gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, adjustment disorder, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, painful surgical scar, raticulopathy of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 15, 2018
- Citation
- 18102336
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's hypertension, left knee patellofemoral syndrome, and right knee patellofemoral syndrome have been granted service connection as secondary to his service-connected disabilities. The lumbar spine disability has also been granted but the effective date is not specified.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for erectile dysfunction and granted an earlier effective date of March 31, 2015, for a 50% evaluation of other specified trauma disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, finding that his physical limitations could be accommodated by sedentary employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity and remanded the claim for adjustment disorder. The Veteran's radiculopathy is not shown to be related to his military service, while his adjustment disorder may be related to civilian life.
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