The Veteran's claim for service connection of psoriasis was denied in October 1972 and not appealed. The claim to reopen was denied in April 1976 and also not appealed. The Veteran filed a new claim on February 12, 2014, which resulted in the grant of service connection for psoriasis with an effective date of February 12, 2014. The Veteran's TDIU claim was granted based on his combined disability rating being at least 70% due to multiple service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran met the schedular criteria for a total disability rating based on unemployability due to service-connected disabilities as he had one disability rated at least 40% and another disability that brought his combined evaluation to at least 70%. The effective date of February 12, 2014 was established for the grant of service connection for psoriasis.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriasis, lumbar spine condition, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 9, 2020
- Citation
- A20018205
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.
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