The Veteran's service-connected disabilities meet the schedular rating requirements for TDIU since November 14, 2022. The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether he was unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with L5 pars interarticularis traumatic fracture and arthritis, allergic rhinitis with polyposis, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy prevented him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with L5 pars interarticularis traumatic fracture and arthritis, Allergic rhinitis with polyposis, Insomnia disorder associated with lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with L5 pars interarticularis traumatic fracture and arthritis, Left lower extremity radiculopathy, Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Painful scarring, lumbar spine scar, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 20, 2024
- Citation
- A24026404
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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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