The Veteran is granted a TDIU from September 27, 2002 to September 10, 2015 due to service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected back pain, right leg discomfort and swelling, and nerve pain have significantly impacted his ability to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Back pain, Right leg discomfort and swelling, Nerve pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2021
- Citation
- 21065123
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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