The Veteran is unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities, and the Board has granted TDIU beginning January 9, 2014.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including chronic back pain and radiculopathy, make it impossible for him to engage in substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder, left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy, chronic lumbosacral strain, right lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy, left lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy, right lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy, status post right knee Osgood-Schlatters tibial tuberosity ossicle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- May 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21026537
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there are pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors in the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy, and thus remands the case to obtain addendum medical opinions.
- Granted
The Veteran's left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy was granted a disability rating of 40 percent, effective June 25, 2024. The decision found that the condition manifested with an incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve that was moderately severe.
- Dismissed
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