The Veteran's TDIU application is granted due to his service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including back and knee conditions, prevent him from performing the duties of any substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the thoracolumbar spine, left knee sprain, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy and peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity femoral radiculopathy, degenerative joint disease of the left knee, right varicocele, right knee instability, left knee limitation of flexion, right lower extremity femoral radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18143228
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) housebound status, but dismissed the claims for initial ratings in excess of 40 percent for lumbosacral spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection and granted initial 40 percent ratings for left upper extremity CTS, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left foot condition, right foot condition, cellulitis, right ear hearing loss, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The appeal of the proposal to reduce a 40 percent evaluation for lumbosacral strain was dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings, finding that the evidence did not support an earlier date of entitlement or a higher rating based on the current medical findings.
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