The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have been found to render him unemployable, and he is granted a total rating for compensation purposes. Basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits is also established.
The deciding factor: The Veteran meets the schedular criteria for TDIU based on his combined 60% disability rating, and an April 2022 vocational evaluation concluded that his service-connected disabilities have precluded him from substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine traumatic paravertebral myositis, Right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, Left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, Right ankle strain, Left ankle strain, Chronic tonsillitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23000169
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.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates of November 5, 2021, for the grants of service connection and eligibility for DEA benefits.
- Partly granted
The Board denied ratings in excess of 10 percent for left and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome but granted a separate 10 percent rating for left knee instability. The claim for service connection for a back disorder was remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied higher disability ratings for the veteran's low back and lower extremity radiculopathies, pseudofolliculitis barbae, pes planus and plantar fasciitis, and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for plantar fasciitis on the right and left foot, left and right ankle strain, left and right knee osteoarthritis, and left and right hip strain, all secondary to service-connected back and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy disabilities with weight gain/obesity as an intermediate step.
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