The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent her from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a TDIU based on this finding.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's severe thoracolumbar spine disabilities and associated left lower extremity radiculopathy render her unable to perform the physical acts required by employment.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease and facet arthropathy with degenerative arthritis of the spine, associated left lower extremity radiculopathy, post-traumatic arthritis, proximal interphalangeal joint, right finger, osteoporosis of the thoracic spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 27, 2021
- Citation
- 21032467
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