The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment since at least July 2018, and a TDIU is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected back and leg disabilities prevent him from sustaining focus and attention for extended periods, requiring constant supervision and excessive breaks due to pain and medication side-effects.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2024
- Citation
- 24033182
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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