The Veteran's TDIU claim was granted effective September 20, 2018, based on his service-connected disabilities resulting in a combined rating of 90 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran met the schedular criteria for a TDIU as of September 20, 2018, due to his service-connected disabilities rated at 60% or more and resulting in unemployability.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical radiculopathy (right upper extremity), Cervical spine herniated nucleus pulposus and degenerative disc disease, Left shoulder impingement syndrome, tendonitis, and degenerative joint disease, Right shoulder torn labrum, ruptured supraspinatus tendon with degenerative joint disease, bursitis and impingement, Tendonitis (left elbow), Bone donor site right hip, Patellofemoral syndrome (right knee), Tendonitis (right ankle), Painful scars (right upper extremity), Bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, Surgical scar, right anterior neck, Scars, right lower lobe and right lower quadrant, Scar, right shoulder, Epidural inclusion cyst, thoracic spine, Surgical scar, left anterior neck (associated with cervical spine herniated nucleus pulposus and degenerative disc disease)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- December 31, 2020
- Citation
- A20019496
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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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