Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities. The evidence did not show that the veteran's disabilities precluded him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not meet the percentage standards for a schedular TDIU prior to August 23, 2019, as he did not have a single disability rated 40 percent or more and additional disabilities to combine to 70 percent or more.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, psychiatric disorder, migraine headaches, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25000514
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