The veteran's service-connected disabilities were found to prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, so he was granted an extraschedular total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective January 26, 2010.

The deciding factor: The competent and credible evidence of record persuasively establishes that the service-connected disabilities caused the Veteran to be unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment.

Claimed conditions

right knee instability, right lower extremity sciatica, right lower extremity anterior compartment syndrome, left lower extremity anterior compartment syndrome, tinnitus, right ring finger fracture, bilateral hearing loss, chronic sinusitis, mixed non-allergic / allergic rhinitis, left lower extremity sciatica, cervical spine disorder, neuropathy of the upper extremities, traumatic brain injury (TBI), headaches

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

January 16, 2025

Citation

25000669

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