Granted
The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder and lower back disability have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. The claim for a lower extremity neurological disability is denied, but the TDIU claim is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has been found unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities, particularly his acquired psychiatric disorder which causes total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Acquired psychiatric disorder"}, {"condition_name":"Lower back disability"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20074330
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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