The Veteran's renal disease, hypertension, and IBS are granted with specific ratings. Service connection for arthritis is remanded. TDIU is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in equipoise on whether the Veteran’s service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing and following substantially gainful employment consistent with his educational and occupational experience.
- Claimed conditions
- Renal disease, Hypertension, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Appendectomy residuals, Spermatocele, Bilateral cataracts
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100755
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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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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