The Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability does not meet the schedular criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU). The Board finds that there is not sufficient evidence to substantiate a reasonable possibility that the Veteran is unemployable by reason of her service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lumbar spine disability does not meet the schedular criteria for TDIU as it only meets the percentage standards set forth in 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a).
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with herniated nucleus pulposus and spinal stenosis, low back scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 22, 2021
- Citation
- 21069934
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