The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities is granted. The evidence shows the Veteran is currently unemployed and unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has multiple service-connected disabilities, including sleep apnea, chronic fatigue syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, and degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine. The VA examinations indicate that these conditions significantly impair his ability to perform even sedentary work.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome, headaches, sleep apnea, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis of the left shoulder, degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine, tinnitus, gastroesophageal reflux disease, left foot plantar fasciitis and calcaneal spur, tinea pedis and onychomycosis, migraines
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2018
- Citation
- 18148585
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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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- Dismissed
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