The Veteran's service-connected shell fragment wound, dorsal lumbar area and iliac spine, muscle group XX with foreign bodies is rated at 60 percent, which meets the schedular requirement for TDIU.,The Veteran has a combined rating of 70 percent or more due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's severe shell fragment wound disability and other service-connected conditions render him unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound, dorsal lumbar area and iliac spine, muscle group XX with foreign bodies, bilateral hearing loss, fracture with scar of the left great toe, shell fragment wound, right scapular area, muscle group IV with foreign bodies, shell fragment wound of the right arm and forearm, muscle group V with foreign bodies, shell fragment wound of the left thigh, muscle group XIV with foreign bodies, scar, shell fragment wound of the left thigh, muscle group XIV with foreign bodies, scar, shell fragment wound of the right arm and forearm, muscle group V with foreign bodies, shell fragment wound of the left thigh, muscle group XIV with foreign bodies (posterior chest wall), bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- April 9, 2018
- Citation
- 1821629
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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
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