The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including back pain and PTSD, rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to February 27, 2012. The Board granted TDIU based on the evidence showing his physical and mental limitations.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's multiple service-connected conditions, particularly his chronic back pain and PTSD, significantly impacted his ability to work, preventing him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to February 27, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a compression fracture, L-1, with mechanical low back pain, degenerative spurring of the lumbar vertebral bodies and chronic pain syndrome, residuals of a nasal fracture with sinusitis, acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD), fascia defect of the left tibia region with compartment syndrome, residuals of a fracture of base of left fifth metatarsal, residuals of a fracture of the base of right fifth metatarsal, residuals of a fracture of the left mandible
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 31, 2018
- Citation
- 18122631
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What this means for you
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