The Veteran's service-connected bronchial asthma and low back disability render him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment, as he is precluded from obtaining such due to his disabilities. The Board finds that the criteria for a TDIU are met.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's education and work history do not suggest he can engage in sedentary employment, despite his service-connected disabilities allowing him to perform sedentary activities.
- Claimed conditions
- Bronchial Asthma, Degenerative Arthritis of the Spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- October 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24063523
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,592 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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