The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are of sufficient severity to produce unemployability as defined by regulation, and the Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including lumbosacral strain with contusion and degenerative arthritis, cervical strain with degenerative arthritis, and other orthopedic disabilities, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with contusion and degenerative arthritis, radiculopathy with upper and lower radicular group nerve involvement, right upper extremity associated with cervical strain with degenerative arthritis, cervical strain with degenerative arthritis, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, patellofemoral pain syndrome with strain, degenerative arthritis and instability of the left knee, right knee strain with degenerative arthritis, left elbow osteoarthritis with joint manifestations, right hip osteoarthritis with bursitis, left hip osteoarthritis with bursitis, lateral collateral ligament sprain with degenerative arthritis of the right ankle, lateral collateral ligament sprain with degenerative arthritis of the left ankle, right elbow osteoarthritis with joint manifestations, left elbow impairment of supination and pronation associated with left elbow osteoarthritis with joint manifestations, right hip osteoarthritis with bursitis and limitation of extension, left hip osteoarthritis with bursitis and limitation of extension, left hip osteoarthritis with bursitis with limitation of abduction, adduction, and rotation, right hip osteoarthritis with bursitis with limitation of abduction, adduction, and rotation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- May 9, 2024
- Citation
- A24024452
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