The Veteran's service-connected conditions have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted his claim for TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric and musculoskeletal disabilities have caused significant functional impairment that limits his ability to maintain employment.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with depressive disorder, low back strain, instability of the left knee, patellar tendonitis with degenerative arthritis of the left knee, rheumatoid arthritis (indicated by radiculopathy)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19178361
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to follow and secure substantially gainful employment, thus a total disability rating for individual unemployability is granted.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for limitation of flexion and a 10 percent rating for instability, but denied an increased rating for limitation of extension.
- Denied
The Board denied higher ratings for the Veteran's left knee disability, including for limitation of flexion and instability.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for left knee patellar femoral syndrome, right knee patellar femoral syndrome, low back strain, and right hip bursitis.
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