The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to obtain or retain substantially gainful employment from December 7, 2015. The Board finds that the Veteran is entitled to TDIU from this date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities prevented him from obtaining and maintaining gainful employment since December 7, 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- major depression, displacement of lumbar disc with left nerve root impingement and IVDS, bilateral knee arthritis, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the femoral nerve, bilateral lower extremity peripheral radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, GERD, herpes simplex II, Grover's disease, ED, allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 25, 2020
- Citation
- 20014414
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What this means for you
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