The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from January 19, 2012 to November 28, 2017 on an extraschedular basis and special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) from January 19, 2012 to April 14, 2012.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability has rendered him unable to obtain and/or maintain substantially gainful employment; and from April 14, 2012 to November 28, 2017, his service-connected PTSD and cranial nerve disabilities associated with squamous cell carcinoma of the parotid gland precluded him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma of the parotid gland, PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25003264
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