The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, coronary artery disease, and liver cancer, are sufficient to render him unemployable without regard to his age or any nonservice-connected disorders. The Board has granted TDIU.
The deciding factor: The combined rating for the service connected disabilities is 90 percent, which meets the criteria for TDIU as they prevent the Veteran from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, coronary artery disease, coronary artery bypass graft residuals, liver cancer, hemorrhoids, right ankle fracture residuals, left thumb scar residuals, left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- June 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19143479
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.
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, as the Veteran did not have a diagnosis of PTSD or any other psychiatric disorder during the appeal period.
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