The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, fibromyalgia, and right rhomboid muscle strain, have resulted in total occupational impairment. The Board has granted a TDIU based on the combined rating of his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly PTSD, fibromyalgia, and right rhomboid muscle strain, have caused significant functional impairments that prevent him from obtaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, fibromyalgia, right rhomboid muscle strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- December 13, 2018
- Citation
- 18157315
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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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