The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, lumbar spine and knee degenerative joint disease, tendon repair of the right wrist, hypertension, headaches, and radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, have prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted TDIU benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are combined to be 90 percent disabling, with at least one disability rated 40 percent or more, meeting the schedular criteria for TDIU under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a).
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, Right knee degenerative joint disease, Tendon repair of the right wrist, Hypertension, Headaches, Radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- January 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19100272
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