The Veteran's combined disability rating is 100 percent, and he meets the schedular criteria for a TDIU. However, there is no evidence that any single service-connected condition prevents him from maintaining substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: There is no medical opinion or lay assertion indicating that any single service-connected disability alone precludes the Veteran from maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety disorder, unspecified with panic attack, Depressive disorder, Bilateral feet plantar fasciitis, Tension headaches, Right shoulder strain with joint pain, Left shoulder strain with joint pain, Thoracolumbar spine strain, Cervical spine strain, Right hip trochanteric bursitis, Left hip trochanteric bursitis, Right knee patellofemoral syndrome, Left knee patellofemoral syndrome, Left ankle Achille's tendonitis, Right ankle Achille's tendonitis, Tinnitus, Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), GERD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 14, 2022
- Citation
- 22068852
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