The Veteran's service-connected dysthymic disorder with anxiety features and bilateral knee disabilities render him unemployable, and the Board has granted a TDIU based on these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected dysthymic disorder with anxiety features and bilateral knee disabilities preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- dysthymic disorder with anxiety features, bilateral knee disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19147587
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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