The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are of sufficient severity to produce unemployability prior to October 7, 2020. The Board finds that the evidence supports a finding of TDIU prior to this date and grants the claim.
The deciding factor: The combined effects of the Veteran's service-connected conditions, including his treatments for these conditions, rendered him incapable of performing the physical and mental acts required by employment.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder, bilateral knee conditions, left ankle condition, rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine, degenerative arthritis of the bilateral hips, cervical spine degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- May 11, 2021
- Citation
- 21028671
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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.
What you can do next
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