The Veteran's lumbosacral DDD has been rated at 40% since April 25, 2012. The TDIU claim is granted as the service-connected disabilities prevent her from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s back disability significantly affects her ability to perform both physical and sedentary employment due to pain and limitations in movement.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral degenerative disc disease (DDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19180296
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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