The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted effective July 21, 2009. The Board found the Veteran was unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected back condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's unemployability was primarily attributed to his service-connected back disability which prevented him from engaging in substantial gainful employment since July 21, 2009.
- Claimed conditions
- back condition, spondylosis with degenerative disc disease, rheumatoid arthritis (indicated by HIV diagnosis), left carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22059692
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a back condition, finding no evidence of a nexus between the in-service incident and the current disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for back, left wrist, left and right knee, and left and right shoulder conditions due to missing personnel records and an inadequate VA medical opinion.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for migraine headaches, right carpal tunnel syndrome, and left carpal tunnel syndrome was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a back condition, finding that the evidence does not support a causal relationship between the Veteran's current back disability and his active-duty service.
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