The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from February 12, 2021.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's major depression and low back disability significantly interfere with his ability to work, making it unlikely that he could perform sedentary work given his limited educational and occupational background.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24071626
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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