The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted TDIU based on this finding.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's multiple service-connected conditions, including his right shoulder disability, bilateral hip arthritis, and hearing loss, make it impossible for him to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- status post left hip arthroplasty with residual scar, right knee degenerative joint disease status post meniscectomy with residual scars, impingement syndrome with rotator cuff tendonitis right shoulder, degenerative joint disease right hip, left shoulder bursitis, hemorrhoids status post hemorrhoidectomy with residual fecal incontinence, status post recurrent plantar warts left foot bilateral calluses fracture fourth metatarsal left toe hammer toe correction of third toe left foot hammer toes, tinnitus, degenerative joint disease left elbow, bursitis right elbow, hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20003725
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)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 25, 2022, for the award of service connection for tinnitus and a 100 percent initial rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder.
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