The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, hearing loss, and tinnitus, render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. TDIU is granted.
The deciding factor: VA examiners consistently found the Veteran’s PTSD, hearing loss, and tinnitus caused occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, significant distress in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning, difficulty establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships, and difficulty adapting to stressful circumstances including work.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Hearing loss, Tinnitus, Prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19187289
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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