The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities combine to a rating of at least 70 percent, meeting the schedular requirements for TDIU. The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran can secure and follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The combined rating of 70% meets the schedular requirement for TDIU. The Veteran's lay statements, vocational assessment, and other medical evidence support a finding that he is unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative cervical arthrosis, Status post right radial head resection, Hypertension, Tinnitus, Dermatophytosis, Ischemic change in left mid brain with atrophy, Limitation of flexion right forearm, Noncompensable rating for greater tronchanteric bursitis of the right hip, Noncompensable rating or bilateral hearing loss, Noncompensable rating for hemorrhoids, Noncompensable rating for limitation of extension right forearm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20023069
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