The veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual employability (TDIU) from April 3, 2020.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities from April 3, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity radiculopathy L4-5, L5-S1, traumatic arthritis, lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25002906
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,188 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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