The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render her unemployable, and the Board has granted a TDIU effective October 19, 2015.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (including PTSD, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, and other conditions) are severe enough to prevent her from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Degenerative Disc Disease, lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome, Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction, Sinusitis, Right Knee Patellofemoral Syndrome, Left Knee, Epicondylitis, Left Elbow, Residual Scar, left 5th toe Bunionectomy, Bunion, Right Foot, Radiculopathy, left lower extremity, Radiculopathy, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20068198
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