The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, left ankle sprain and fracture residuals, and left ankle scar, are found to be sufficient to prevent the Veteran from securing or following substantially gainful employment. The Board granted TDIU based on this finding.
The deciding factor: The combined disability rating of 80% for service-connected disabilities meets the percentage requirements for consideration of TDIU, and the evidence is at least in equipoise regarding whether the service-connected disabilities alone preclude the Veteran from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bilateral pes planus, plantar fasciitis, left ankle sprain and fracture residuals, left ankle scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- October 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20066221
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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