The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not preclude her from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment, and the criteria for a TDIU are therefore denied. The initial rating for POTS is also denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities have improved to the point where she can secure and maintain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), Acquired Psychiatric Disorder, Radiculopathy of the Bilateral Upper Extremities, Migraine Headaches, Lumbar Spine Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) with IVDS, Cervical Spine DDD Status Post Cervical Implant, Cervical Spondylosis and Strain, Costochondritis, Painful Laminectomy Scar, Radiculopathy of the Bilateral Lower Extremities, Allergic Rhinitis, Traumatic Brain Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23042668
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