The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective March 9, 2016. The TDIU was also granted on an extraschedular basis from March 17, 2006.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected right elbow arthritis and ulnar neuralgia have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation since he ceased working in March 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- Right elbow arthritis, Right ulnar neuralgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18143275
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran was granted a TDIU from January 10, 2005 to September 23, 2008. The Board found that his service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment during this period.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to service connection for right hip arthritis, right knee arthritis, right ankle arthritis, right shoulder arthritis, right elbow arthritis, and right wrist arthritis. The reasons include the need to obtain VA treatment records and VRE records, as well as a new VA examination to assess current right extremity joint conditions.
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