The Veteran's service-connected arteriosclerotic heart disease and posttraumatic stress disorder render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran meets the schedular criteria for TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriosclerotic heart disease (coronary artery disease), posttraumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- January 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19101638
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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