The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, as he has not met his burden in establishing an inability to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a TDIU as there is no evidence of an inability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to those conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2025
- Citation
- 25006231
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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