The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted as he has one disability rated at 40 percent or more and sufficient additional disability to bring his combined rating to 70 percent or more due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined rating of 90 percent from multiple service-connected conditions, including migraines, adjustment disorder (including anxiety and depression), degenerative arthritis of the spine with bilateral spondylosis, lower right extremity radiculopathy associated with degenerative arthritis of the spine with bilateral spondylosis, lower left extremity radiculopathy associated with degenerative arthritis of the spine with bilateral spondylosis, and tinnitus, meets the criteria for a TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- migraines, adjustment disorder (including anxiety and depression), degenerative arthritis of the spine with bilateral spondylosis, lower right extremity radiculopathy associated with degenerative arthritis of the spine with bilateral spondylosis, lower left extremity radiculopathy associated with degenerative arthritis of the spine with bilateral spondylosis, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18158246
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines was reopened due to new evidence. Service connection is granted for painful scars, but the rating assigned remains at 10 percent. The claims for fibromyalgia and bilateral shoulder disability are denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, arthritis, and memory loss. The decision found no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
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