The Veteran's combined total disability rating is 90 percent, meeting the criteria for TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s multiple service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, Degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the left knee, Left lower extremity radiculopathy, Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Right shoulder impingement syndrome with rotator cuff strain, Degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the lumbar spine, Degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the right knee, Tinnitus, Degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the right hand, Degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the left hand, Right anterior rib cartilage dislocation, Hearing loss, Hyperkeratosis of the bilateral feet, Right shoulder scar, Right knee scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- January 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19106157
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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