The Veteran's lumbar spine injury is rated at 40 percent effective October 25, 2006. The Board also granted entitlement to Total Disability Rating due to Individual Unemployability (TDIU) based on the combined disability rating of 70 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected lumbar spine injury alone meets the criteria for a TDIU as it results in a combined disability rating of at least 70%.
- Claimed conditions
- frequent urination, lumbar spine injury, rheumatoid arthritis (implied by pes planus), right ankle fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- August 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19166704
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