The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from maintaining substantially gainful employment as a project manager, thus denying his claim for TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has an 80% combined rating and maintains substantial gainful employment as a project manager despite his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- thumb condition, back impairment, tension headache
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22010355
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