The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have prevented him from securing and following substantially gainful employment since January 26, 2016. The Board has granted a TDIU rating on both schedular and extraschedular bases.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including degenerative arthritis of the spine, left upper extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy, osteoarthritis of the cervical spine, and residuals of meniscectomy, right knee, have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the spine, left upper extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy, osteoarthritis of the cervical spine, residuals of meniscectomy, right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2018
- Citation
- 18152341
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for cervical spine degenerative arthritis. The claims for back pain and right upper extremity radiculopathy are remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's TDIU and DEA claims are remanded due to insufficient evidence for a schedular rating, and the issues are inextricably intertwined.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking to establish entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) is dismissed because the AOJ decision was merely implementing a Board's earlier effective date decision for service connection.
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