The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including adjustment disorder with depressed mood and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), lumbar muscular strain with degenerative disc disease, rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment as of June 10, 2010. The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis starting from that date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment due to his adjustment disorder and degenerative disc disease, which impacted his ability to work in physical labor and high-stress environments.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with depressed mood, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), lumbar muscular strain with degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19101088
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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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for an increased rating of his service-connected PTSD during a Board hearing, and the appeal is therefore dismissed.
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