The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD with TBI, shoulder impingement syndrome, and osteoarthritis of the left ankle, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted his claim for total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD with TBI, shoulder impingement syndrome, and osteoarthritis of the left ankle, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with traumatic brain injury, migraines associated with PTSD with TBI, shoulder impingement syndrome with rotator cuff tendonitis, painful scar, osteoarthritis of the left ankle, scar with deformity, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) associated with osteoarthritis of the left ankle, scars of the left ankle and right shoulder, erectile dysfunction associated with PTSD with TBI
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22030216
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