The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including right shoulder rotator cuff reconstruction, recurrent enteritis, and radiculopathy of the lower extremities, prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted a TDIU based on these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's multiple service-connected disabilities, particularly his right shoulder condition and recurrent enteritis, make it impossible for him to engage in substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- status post right shoulder rotator cuff reconstruction, impingement syndrome, bicipital tendonitis, subacromial bursitis, degenerative arthritis with history of right shoulder strain, recurrent enteritis, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, degenerative joint disease of the thoracolumbar spine, right shoulder scarring associated with status post rotator cuff reconstruction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- February 2, 2021
- Citation
- 21005685
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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