Granted
The veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) from May 16, 2009, to March 10, 2013.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities met the percentage requirements for a schedular TDIU and precluded him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracolumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, psychiatric disability, ulcerative colitis, foot disabilities, right shoulder disability, back disability, neck disability, bilateral knee disability, left eye disability, bilateral upper extremity nerve disability, hernia, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25000940
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