The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his back, neck, knee, and foot conditions, as well as headaches and radiculopathy, render him unemployable due to their combined impact on his ability to perform occupational tasks.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, pes planus and plantar fasciitis, bilateral feet, radiculopathy, right upper extremity, degenerative disc disease lumbar spine, degenerative disc disease cervical spine, tension headaches, radiculopathy, left upper extremity, right leg radiculopathy, left leg radiculopathy, degenerative joint diseased right knee meniscal tear, right knee instability, left knee instability, degenerative joint disease left knee meniscal tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19189489
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA, but denied increased ratings for various service-connected conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date and a higher initial rating for the service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, finding that the earliest possible effective date had been assigned.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for bilateral knee instability and denied service connection for right and left knee instability, finding no nexus between the Veteran's knee conditions and his service or service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for a thoracolumbar spine disorder and bilateral knee disorders due to the need for additional VA examinations.
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