The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have prevented her from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent her from performing physical activities required by employment, including lifting, bending, standing, walking, climbing, grasping, typing, and reaching. Her tinnitus also interferes with her ability to obtain restful sleep.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine intervertebral disc syndrome with degenerative arthritis, right upper extremity radiculopathy, left upper extremity radiculopathy, bladder dysfunction, degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine (post fusion), left lower extremity neuropathy, tinnitus, maxillary sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, scar residuals of the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19178798
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.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's lumbar spine pain, allergic rhinitis, and recurrent yeast infections. The claims for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder and left knee pain were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, cubital tunnel syndrome, right plantar fasciitis, and a right knee disability due to the lack of evidence supporting a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
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