The Veteran's service-connected disability renders him unable to obtain and secure substantial gainful employment, and the Board has granted a total disability rating for individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder with alcohol use disorder, severe, in remission (claimed as PTSD) caused occupational and social impairment that prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder with alcohol use disorder, severe, in remission (claimed as PTSD), glaucoma, high blood pressure, back injury, ankle injuries
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19124893
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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