The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and his appeal for TDIU, including on an extraschedular basis, is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record shows that the Veteran’s service-connected conditions do not preclude substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right ankle fracture, temporomandibular joint disorder, residuals of right wrist fracture, healed fracture of the left patella, healed fracture of the right patella
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- February 22, 2021
- Citation
- 21009514
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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