Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from March 23, 2011 to May 10, 2022, excluding the period of full-time employment from August 5, 2021 to December 4, 2021. The claims for increased ratings for various service-connected disabilities were denied.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's inability to maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities and the lack of evidence supporting higher ratings for the individual conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Right knee sprain with internal derangement, patellofemoral syndrome and degenerative arthritis (status-post meniscectomy and ACL reconstruction), Right hip flexor muscle strain, Right hip disability, limitation of extension, Right hip disability, impairment of thigh, Left wrist, carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25014982
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