The Veteran's service-connected left ankle degenerative joint disease (recharacterized) is rated at 20 percent effective March 7, 2014. The Board finds that the Veteran meets the criteria for a TDIU based on his multiple service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has been unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities, which preclude him from performing any type of work.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle degenerative joint disease, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease with intervertebral disc syndrome, painful scars of the left ankle, left abdomen, and left elbow, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, left knee retropatellar pain syndrome, right knee retropatellar pain syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), acne with scarring, left ankle degenerative joint disease (recharacterized), medial epicondylitis of the left elbow, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, Dequervain's tenosynovitis of the right thumb, Dequervain's tenosynovitis of the left thumb, sinusitis, hypertension, left inguinal hernia, erectile dysfunction, bilateral hydroceles, non-linear scars of the left ankle, linear scars of the left ankle, left abdomen scar, genital warts, left elbow scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22055081
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