The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for further development and readjudication.
The deciding factor: The record indicates that there is outstanding relevant evidence necessary to evaluate whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities have caused marked interference with employment or frequent periods of hospitalization, which are required elements for an extraschedular rating under Thun v. Peake, 22 Vet. App. 111 (2008).
- Claimed conditions
- Headaches, Arthoplasty, left 2nd toe, Deafness, Tinnitus, Metatarsalgia, left foot, Hallus valgus, left toe, Throat cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25002936
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