The Veteran is granted TDIU effective April 7, 2021. Prior to that date, he was employed as a payroll technician and could not continue due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined disability rating reached 90% after the grant of service connection for unspecified depressive disorder on August 5, 2013, which included multiple service-connected conditions. He voluntarily retired from his employment as a payroll technician on April 1, 2013, due to his disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbosacral strain, Left leg radiculopathy, Right knee retropatellar pain syndrome, Left knee retropatellar pain syndrome, Right knee instability, Left knee instability, Erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2022
- Citation
- 22029851
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's low back disability, diagnosed as degenerative arthritis and a lumbosacral strain, is at least as likely as not related to his active service. As such, the claim for service connection is granted.
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