The Board denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities. The decision was not found to contain clear and unmistakable error.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support finding that the veteran was unemployable solely as a result of his service-connected disabilities, despite significant interference with employment activities over the years.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple service-connected disabilities, Unspecified psychiatric disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2007
- Citation
- 0740135
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