The Board denied the Veteran's claim for TDIU prior to October 1, 2016, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and occupational experience during the period on appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran worked full-time as an IT program manager for VA's Office of Information and Technology throughout the period on appeal, earning over nine times the poverty threshold. The Board found that the accommodations made to the Veteran were not unreasonable and did not render him incapable of performing his work.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere's disease with eustachian tube dysfunction and dizziness, calluses on the left foot, calluses on the right foot, left ankle disability, right ankle sprain, right knee osteoarthritis, chronic lichen simplex rash, tinnitus, residuals of a left knee fracture, right wrist strain, benign mole on the left trunk, defective hearing in the left ear, left ankle scar, ventral hernia with surgical scars, scar on the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22065509
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- Remanded (sent back)
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