The Veteran's claim for a TDIU was granted, with the effective date being from the date of receipt of his application. The combined disability rating is at least 70% due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience.
- Claimed conditions
- temporal lobe seizure disorder, left shoulder disability (claimed as secondary to service-connected right and left knee disabilities), lumbar spine DJD, limitation of left knee flexion, rheumatoid arthritis of the right knee with internal derangement, surgical scars of the right and left knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 20, 2018
- Citation
- 1810779
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development regarding his claims of service connection and increased ratings for PTSD, sleep apnea, right knee disability, limitation of left knee extension, limitation of left knee flexion, and left shoulder disability.
- Denied
The Board denied increased disability ratings for the left knee instability, limitation of extension, and flexion, as well as for the right long finger disability.
- Dismissed
The Veteran requested the withdrawal of his appeals for initial evaluations and increased ratings for various left knee conditions, resulting in their dismissal.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's knee and hearing loss conditions, granted a 40% rating for lumbar strain from September 6, 2022 to November 28, 2022, and granted 20% ratings for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy effective from September 6, 2022. The Board remanded service connection for scalp folliculitis.
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