The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating for individual unemployability (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran was able to maintain intermittent employment throughout the appeal period despite his service-connected symptoms, indicating he could secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- hammer toes of the right foot, hammer toes of the left foot, arthritis of the PIP joint of the 3rd toe on the left foot, left hallux valgus, right hallux valgus, pseudofolliculitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22064400
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