The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have caused her to be unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment since May 31, 2013. A total disability rating based on individual unemployability is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected urinary incontinence significantly impacts her ability to perform even sedentary work due to the severity of her disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary incontinence, Hemi sacralization of the right half of L5 with lumbar degenerative joint disease (DJD), Bilateral lower extremity radiculopathies, Bilateral patellofemoral compression syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20002148
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include alcohol use disorder, unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, and PTSD was granted. Other claims for various conditions were denied.
- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain status post laminectomy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, and a compensable evaluation for urinary incontinence due to missing medical records and an inadequate VA examination.
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