The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including panic disorder, lumbar spondylosis-status post spinal fusion, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, and other conditions, prevent her from maintaining substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including panic disorder, lumbar spondylosis-status post spinal fusion, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, significantly limit her ability to work due to functional limitations such as pain, anxiety, and physical impairments.
- Claimed conditions
- panic disorder, lumbar spondylosis-status post spinal fusion, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, lower back scar, residual left shin scarring, tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- April 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19126745
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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