The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment, leading to a grant of TDIU benefits prior to April 27, 2021.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are sufficiently severe to prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment due to his physical limitations and the need for constant movement in his daily life.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus /plantar fasciitis/ traumatic arthritis/ mid-foot deformity, degenerative arthritis of the spine, left knee dislocated semilunar cartilage, tinnitus, left knee meniscal tear and degenerative arthritis, osteoarthritis of the right hip, osteoarthritis of the left hip, left knee disability with symptomatic removal of semilunar cartilage, varicose veins of the left leg, varicose veins of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22059994
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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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