The Veteran is granted a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective March 7, 2015 due to service-connected disabilities that have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined rating for compensation purposes was at least 80 percent, meeting the schedular rating criteria for TDIU. The evidence showed he had multiple service-connected conditions including back, shoulder, wrist, and knee disabilities that made him unemployable as a carpenter due to pain and limitation of motion.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder, left shoulder impingement syndrome, right knee condition, lumbar spine degenerative changes, right shoulder separation, right wrist carpal tunnel, left knee chondromalacia, left wrist carpal tunnel syndrome, right sternal costochondritis, residual scar of laceration on anterior mid tibia, right index finger laceration, left hand ganglion cyst, right palm surgical scar, left palm surgical scar, left shoulder surgical scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- August 15, 2019
- Citation
- A19000925
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to untimely filing of the Board Appeal requests.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 and service connection for a left shoulder condition, as there was no evidence to support that his current disability was caused by VA treatment or related to his active military service.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disability, diagnosed as chronic adjustment disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left knee conditions, denied a rating in excess of 40 percent for right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, and denied special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a lower extremity.
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