The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and mood disorders, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted TDIU based on these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran is unable to perform any work at a substantial gainful activity level due to his service-connected impairments, including PTSD, anxiety disorder, tinnitus, hearing loss, and left wrist disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and mood disorders), Tinnitus, Left wrist navicular fracture, Hearing loss in the left ear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20073489
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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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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