The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including major depressive disorder, prostate cancer residuals with prostatectomy residuals, ventral hernia repair residuals, diabetes mellitus, and multiple radiculopathies, make him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted the TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have a combined rating of 90%, which meets the schedular criteria for consideration of TDIU, and his private physician confirmed that he is unable to perform substantially gainful employment due to these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, prostate cancer residuals with prostatectomy residuals, ventral hernia repair residuals, diabetes mellitus, right upper extremity radiculopathy, left upper extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, right lower extremity femoral radiculopathy, left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, left lower extremity femoral radiculopathy, bilateral cataracts, erectile dysfunction, abdominal scar residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- December 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18160817
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