Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as there was not sufficient evidence to substantiate that his service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing or following any substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not persuasively weigh in favor of finding that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including obstructive sleep apnea and lumbosacral strain with facet arthropathy and disc herniation, were sufficient to render it impossible for him to follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Lumbosacral Strain with Facet Arthropathy and Disc Herniation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- 25014422
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