The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered her unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment throughout the rating period on appeal, granting her TDIU.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran meets the criteria for schedular consideration of a TDIU due to her combined disability ratings and she is capable of meeting the mental demands for substantially gainful employment but not the physical demands.
- Claimed conditions
- musculoskeletal disabilities (thoracolumbar spine, right elbow, each hip, each knee, and each ankle), chest condition, spasms of each hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2023
- Citation
- 23062988
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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.
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