The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the schedular criteria for assignment of a TDIU, and his employment history does not reflect that he is unable to engage in substantially gainful employment as a result of his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities limit some types of physical work but do not preclude him from securing and following all substantially gainful occupations.
- Claimed conditions
- positive post stress of the lumbosacral spine, right lower extremity radiculopathy with restless leg syndrome, left lower extremity radiculopathy with restless leg syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20046634
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