The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, leading to the grant of TDIU from September 6, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (bilateral foot, bilateral knee, and back conditions) precluded him from securing substantially gainful employment given his educational and occupational history.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis with heel spurs and fusion bilateral fifth toes, status post dislocation pip joint, right index finger, metatarsalgia, hallux rigidus and hallux valgus, right foot, low back strain, degenerative changes, left knee, medial patellar chondromalacia and medial meniscus tear, right knee, hallux rigidus and hallux valgus, left foot, hammertoes of the left foot, hammertoes of the right foot, scar, left toe status post bunionectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- September 13, 2023
- Citation
- 23050721
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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
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a low back strain has been withdrawn, resulting in the dismissal of this issue.
- Denied
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