The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unemployable, and the Board has granted a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are of such severity that they preclude his ability to engage in substantially gainful employment due to physical limitations.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, left upper extremity radiculopathy, cervical spine disability, right wrist sprain, right knee patellofemoral syndrome, bilateral tinnitus, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right wrist scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19184538
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 Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that the Veteran's low back injury occurred during a period of active duty for training (ADT) and continued therefrom.
- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA, but denied increased ratings for various service-connected conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent disability rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy from April 3, 2023 onward, but denied higher ratings prior to that date. Service connection was also granted for alcohol use disorder as secondary to PTSD with traumatic brain injury.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a bilateral knee disability, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and chronic pain syndrome due to untimely notices of disagreement.
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