After Fifteen Years of Fighting, the VA Finally Granted TDIU and DEA

The Veteran was in the United States Air Force from July 1964 to March 1965 during the Vietnam Era, and in the Army from March 1983 to October 1985 during peacetime. During his time in service, he suffered many injuries which resulted in post service connection for various disabilities.

The Veteran at times had a combined rating of 100%. Despite this he was consistently denied TDIU. He hired our veterans disability law firm to represent him at the CAVC after being denied TDIU at the Board level in April 2020. We were successful in obtaining a remand from the Court.

The Veteran was employed as a Registered Nurse for many years. However, once his disabilities became too painful to continue his employment he had to stop working and apply for Social Security Disability. He had filed his first claim with the VA in 2009 and had fought for eleven years with no success. After thorough research of his records, we were able to discover an error in the decision-making process. The VA had overlooked his service connection for peripheral neuropathy, which we brought to their attention, and this was the final missing piece which allowed him to be granted TDIU and DEA in an April 2021 BVA decision, implemented by the RO also in April 2021.