The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have prevented him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment since at least 2005, and the Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective November 20, 2013.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's statements about when he stopped working and his stated reasons were found to be competent and credible, leading to the grant of TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- Individual Unemployability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2023
- Citation
- 23010959
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of April 29, 2009 for individual unemployability (TDIU) based on his service-connected disabilities making it impossible for him to secure or maintain gainful employment.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals as untimely, and no service connection was granted or denied.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, granted an earlier effective date for the 70 percent rating, denied service connection for OSA, and granted individual unemployability.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for Total Disability Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) was granted in a previous decision and implemented by the AOJ. As this grant is now moot, the appeal is dismissed.
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