The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as there was not sufficient evidence to show that his service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had the functional capacity, experience, and training to perform work involving minimal standing, walking, or lifting and ready access to a bathroom, such as clerical work or other office-based employment. The evidence did not show that his service-connected disabilities (independent of his bladder cancer) rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- bladder cancer, generalized anxiety disorder, coronary arteriosclerosis, atrial fibrillation, tinnitus, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25013000
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