The Veteran's appeal for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities has been denied as the evidence does not establish that he is unable to secure and follow substantially gainful occupation by reason of his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined disability rating of 80% in effect since 1972 anticipates that his service-connected disabilities would result in lost time from work, and the evidence does not establish that his disabilities prevented or caused marked interference with his employment.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of shrapnel wounds to the right thigh, right thigh osteomyelitis, residuals of shrapnel wounds to the right leg, residuals of shrapnel wound to the right chest wall, tender scar to the right upper thigh, scar to the left lower leg, residuals of shrapnel injuries to the left eye and left thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1450562
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found no new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of shrapnel wounds to the right shoulder and right leg, previously denied in June 1976.
- Whole decision: Granted
The veteran's total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is granted.
- Whole decision: Granted
The veteran is entitled to an earlier effective date of July 28, 1994 for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities. The veteran's disabilities were rated at 80 percent prior to this decision.
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