The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including his depressive disorder and various finger disabilities, have caused significant functional impairment that has prevented him from obtaining substantially gainful employment prior to March 19, 2021. The Board granted an extraschedular TDIU rating based on these factors.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including his depressive disorder and various finger disabilities, have caused significant functional impairment that has prevented him from obtaining substantially gainful employment prior to March 19, 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder, alcohol use disorder, cannabis use disorder, limitation of motion of the right thumb, limitation of motion of the right index finger, limitation of motion of the right longer finger, lumbar spine spondylosis, left fifth finger deformity and arthritis, limitation of motion of the right little finger, limitation of motion of the right ring finger, left fifth finger scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22045768
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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