Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and total disability based on individual unemployability, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or TDIU.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record did not persuasively weigh in favor of a higher rating due to insufficient functional loss or neurological impairment associated with the lumbar spine strain and spondylosis, nor was there sufficient evidence for an initial rating greater than 10 percent for the right ankle strain.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine strain and spondylosis, Right ankle strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25013721
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