The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, finding that his combined disability rating of 50 percent did not meet the threshold minimum percentage rating requirements for TDIU. The Board also found insufficient evidence to support a grant of TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined disability rating was 50 percent and did not satisfy the threshold minimum percentage rating requirements for a TDIU, as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- macular degeneration of the right eye, sclerotic cataract, defective vision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19167312
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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