The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU prior to September 1, 2017 due to her employment as a certified nurse assistant with VA. The Veteran worked until September 2017 and stopped working because she was no longer able to perform the physical and mental requirements of gainful activity.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's employment as a certified nurse assistant prior to September 1, 2017 was considered substantially gainful employment, precluding the award of a TDIU for that period.
- Claimed conditions
- pelvic inflammatory disease, degenerative arthritis of the left hip, left knee patellofemoral pain, lumbar spine disorder, skin rash, right knee disorder, right hip limitation of flexion, reanastomosis and open enterolysis, left hip limitation of flexion, right hip limitation of extension, right hip with thigh impairment, scars associated with reanastomosis and open enterolysis, microcytic anemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 65%
- Decision date
- January 6, 2022
- Citation
- 22000849
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Decisions by this judge: 1,797 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Granted
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