The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered her unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted TDIU effective May 1, 2013.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including anxiety, insomnia, back strain, hip strains, knee issues, shoulder problems, glaucoma, tinnitus, hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and skin conditions have made her unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- status post hysterectomy, anxiety and insomnia, back strain, left hip strain, right hip strain, right calcification lateral femoral condyle of the knee, calcification of the lateral femoral condyle, status post left meniscal tear, tibial multilobular cyst of the knee with residual scar, right shoulder strain, left status post acromioplasty AC joint resection of the rotator cuff repair, removal clavicle bone, open angle glaucoma bilaterally to include claim for dry eye syndrome, tinnitus, hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease (regurgitation, hiatal hernia, and esophageal reflux), scars, eczema also claimed as xerosis cutis, keratosis, dyschromia, folliculitis, dermatitis, dyshidrosis, and skin conditions, benign growths of the skin, bilateral pes planus, metatarsalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- February 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22008206
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Granted
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