The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment. The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy with sciatic nerve involvement, femoral nerve involvement, degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 15, 2024
- Citation
- A24075320
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Decisions by this judge: 2,162 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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