The Veteran's service-connected disabilities made it impossible for him to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to May 29, 2012.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to perform the physical demands of most jobs and required frequent breaks from sitting due to pain in his back.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hand, Back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19124728
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a finding of total disability based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, as his service-connected back, bilateral hip, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, and left foot disabilities do not prevent him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Veteran is entitled to an earlier effective date of February 29, 2000, for an award of TDIU on an extraschedular basis due to his service-connected back and left knee disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted clothing allowances for a back brace and wheelchair, but denied them for a neck brace, bilateral knee braces, pain medication therapy, cane, and walker.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the previously denied claims of service connection for right and left knee disabilities, but has remanded the cases due to insufficient evidence. The appellant's testimony regarding continuity of symptoms following airborne jumps is considered new and material evidence.
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