The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered her unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted TDIU based on this finding.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's multiple service-connected conditions, including anxiety disorders, plantar fasciitis, and back strain, significantly limit her ability to perform any type of work, leading to a determination that she is unemployable due to her disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Panic Attacks, Bilateral Plantar Fasciitis, Bilateral Feet, Pes Cavus, Right Knee Chondromalacia Patella, Lumbar Strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- April 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19130069
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), and multiple musculoskeletal conditions but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
- Denied
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- Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) from January 1, 2019, and an effective date of the same for eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
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