The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted as he is unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities, including a mental condition rated at 70 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him incapable of securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- mixed anxiety disorder with a depressed mood, right osteochondral fracture articular surface distal femur, patellofemoral joint with arthritis, degenerative joint disease left knee associated with right osteochondral fracture articular surface distal femur, patellofemoral joint with arthritis, scar right knee, residual scar, left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 14, 2021
- Citation
- 21021943
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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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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for various conditions and ratings have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal prior to a decision being made.
- Denied
The Veteran's TDIU claim based on a single service-connected disability for purposes of special monthly compensation at the housebound rate is denied as he had a combined total schedular disability rating and was receiving special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) due to his right knee disability and additional service-connected disabilities. The TDIU claim based on need for aid and attendance is also denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities make it impossible for him to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, thus granting his claim for TDIU.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations and service connection were dismissed due to the withdrawal of these issues by his attorney during a hearing.
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