The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the schedular thresholds for a TDIU, but VA policy allows for an extra-schedular evaluation if unemployability is due to service-connected disability. The Board denied the claim as there was no evidence of unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined evaluation does not meet the schedular threshold for a TDIU and his service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Flexible Pes Planus Valgus, Left Foot Calcaneal Spur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21029074
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board has denied initial compensable ratings for both left knee patellofemoral syndrome and left foot calcaneal spur.
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