The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome with lumbar spondylosis alone effective February 13, 2015.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that since February 13, 2015, the Veteran's employment has been marginal and his service-connected disabilities have rendered him unemployable from performing all forms of substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience.
- Claimed conditions
- Intervertebral disc syndrome with lumbar spondylosis, Malaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- 25014066
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,272 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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