The Veteran meets the schedular requirements for Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected PTSD, bilateral knee disability, prostate condition, hypertension, tinnitus, and bilateral hearing loss. The Board finds that these disabilities prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, bilateral knee disability, prostate condition, hypertension, tinnitus, and bilateral hearing loss, are found to be at least as likely as not preventing him from engaging in substantially gainful employment for which his education and occupational experience would otherwise qualify him.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, bilateral knee disability, prostate condition, hypertension, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- April 3, 2022
- Citation
- A22005999
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
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