The Board has granted a TDIU from September 27, 2011 to August 7, 2012 due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities making it impossible for him to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him incapable of obtaining or retaining substantially gainful employment from September 27, 2011 to August 7, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, shell fragment wound, left buttocks, muscle group XVII, chronic lumbosacral strain, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, residuals of a fractured coccyx, scars of the right and left buttocks and posterior trunk
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- February 14, 2023
- Citation
- 23009455
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What this means for you
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