The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered her unemployable, and the Board has granted a TDIU effective October 1, 2009.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities would preclude her from being able to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, costochondritis, right sensory peroneal neuropathy, left sensory peroneal neuropathy, sacroilitis lumbar strain, compression fractures with osteoporosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20080832
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that the Veteran's low back injury occurred during a period of active duty for training (ADT) and continued therefrom.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for right leg sciatica with radiculopathy pain and paresthesia, but denied increased ratings for PTSD, lumbosacral strain, left wrist limitation of motion with ganglion cyst, and service connection for headaches, unspecified. Several issues were remanded.
- Dismissed
The appeals for restoration of ratings and for a higher disability rating were dismissed as the April 2025 rating decision did not make final decisions on these issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to determine if the Veteran has costochondritis or muscle pain in the chest that is related to his service.
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