Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are as likely as not of such nature and severity as to prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including insomnia with unspecified depressive disorder, tinnitus, and left ear hearing loss, prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Insomnia with unspecified depressive disorder, Tinnitus, Left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- 25012661
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