The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment, thus the Board has granted TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's multiple service-connected conditions, including his back pain and mental health issues, precluded him from obtaining and maintaining any substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified depressive disorder, Degenerative disc disease at L2-3 and L5-S1, Bilateral tinnitus, Radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, Radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, Bilateral hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- June 11, 2024
- Citation
- A24030977
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- Denied
The Board denied extraschedular ratings for the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine and lower extremity radiculopathy disabilities, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to February 3, 2011.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disability, ischemic cardiomyopathy, and other disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation since December 29, 2020. Effective from that date, the Veteran is granted TDIU and SMC housebound.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's lumbosacral spine disability is rated at 20 percent, but the Board finds that it warrants a rating of 40 percent throughout the appeal period.,Service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to his service-connected lumbosacral spine disability is granted. The Veteran's claim for an initial rating will be remanded for further evaluation.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's radiculopathy of the right lower extremity is currently rated at 70% effective from February 11, 2010.,Entitlement to an earlier effective date for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity was denied.
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