The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render her unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board denies entitlement to Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not demonstrate that the Veteran is unable to perform office work due to her service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip strain, bilateral knee strain, cervical spine with degenerative joint disease, thoracolumbar strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100362
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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