Partly granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected lumbar spine degenerative disc disease and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate, both effective from September 28, 2021. The TDIU claim prior to this date is remanded for further consideration.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and he meets the threshold schedular disability percentage requirement for TDIU benefits from September 28, 2021, forward.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25003036
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