The Veteran's TDIU claim for the period from August 15, 2013 to March 31, 2017 is granted due to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder and bilateral knee and shoulder conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder and bilateral knee and shoulder conditions render him unemployable for the specified period.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Condition, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Dysthymic Disorder), Bilateral Shoulder Conditions
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20070344
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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