The Veteran is granted a total disability based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) effective June 26, 2006 due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation since May 8, 2006 and met the schedular criteria for TDIU as of June 26, 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic degenerative disease of the lumbar spine, post-traumatic degenerative disease of the cervical spine, migraine headaches, acne vulgaris, pseudofolliculitis, tinnitus, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- A19002937
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