The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted his TDIU claim effective June 10, 2009.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's back disability prevents him from doing medium exertional level work he has experience in, and SSA found him disabled due to lumbar discogenic disease effective August 31, 2007. The Board finds his service-connected back condition prevents him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder, lumbar spine condition, left knee instability, right lower extremity radiculopathy sciatic nerve associated with lumbar spine condition, left lower extremity sciatic nerve associated with lumbar spine condition, left knee condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- July 10, 2021
- Citation
- 21041949
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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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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment, leading to a TDIU rating.
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