The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including lower back pain and bilateral foot conditions, have rendered him unemployable from August 12, 2016 to May 1, 2017. The Board granted a TDIU rating during this period.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly his lower back pain and bilateral foot conditions, were found to be so severe that they rendered him unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back pain, bilateral foot condition (pes planus, plantar fasciitis with metatarsalgia and hallus valgus), idiopathic peripheral neuropathy of the lower left extremity (radiculopathy with atrophy and sciatic nerve involvement associated with residuals of lumbosacral strain), residuals of lumbosacral strain, left lower extremity idiopathic peripheral neuropathy (radiculopathy with sciatic nerve involvement associated with residuals of lumbosacral strain), left lower extremity hallux valgus to include hallux rigidus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- April 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19131312
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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.
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