The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted TDIU based on this finding.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found that the Veteran’s service-connected disabilities limit his ability to work due to physical limitations such as pain, limited mobility, and repetitive motion issues.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar stenosis, left leg sensory deficit, right leg sensory deficit, right knee instability, left knee instability, left knee strain, hypertension, right wrist cyst, erectile dysfunction, hemorrhoids, pseudofolliculitis barbae
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- October 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20069111
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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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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