The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment throughout the period on appeal, and a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral lower extremity radiculopathies, caused significant occupational impairment, making it impossible for him to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25009258
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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