The Veteran is granted a TDIU from October 14, 2015 to October 26, 2020 due to his service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment, as evidenced by the severity of his symptoms and functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety disorder with traumatic brain injury, Bilateral flat foot, Visual impairment of the left eye, Radiculopathy of the left upper extremity, Radiculopathy of the right upper extremity, Cervical spine strain, Lateral collateral ligament strain, instability and status post fibula fracture of the left ankle, Tinnitus, TBI (evaluated as 10 percent disabling from June 19, 2015 to October 27, 2020), Right hip strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- September 13, 2022
- Citation
- 22052187
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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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim of service connection for a neck disorder, as it is insufficiently addressed in the previous decision. The case will be sent back for an addendum opinion.
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