The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unemployable or unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation beginning February 4, 2015. A total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted effective from that date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities, including multiple joint problems and neuropathy of the left lower extremity, rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation beginning February 4, 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Disability, Left Knee Instability, Left Knee Arthritis, Right Knee Disability, Left Ankle Disability, Left Foot Disability, Lumbosacral Spine Disability, Tinnitus, Herniorrhaphy Scar, Neuropathy of the Left Lower Extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 8, 2019
- Citation
- A19001793
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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