The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his psychiatric and physical conditions, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. As such, the Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined evaluation of 90 percent due to service-connected disabilities makes it impossible for him to obtain and retain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Intermittent Explosive Disorder, scar, left posterior neck due to brass burn, testicular condition, left shoulder, osteoarthritis with impingement syndrome, status post labral tear repair, lumbar strain with levoscoliosis, right knee, patellofemoral pain syndrome, left ankle strain, bilateral tinnitus, scars, left shoulder status post arthroscopic labral repair
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- December 3, 2020
- Citation
- A20017895
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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