Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to June 16, 2014, as the evidence did not show that he was precluded from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including his psychiatric and orthopedic issues, did not prevent him from working in non-exertional jobs such as computer repair, given his educational background and work history.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with insomnia, alcohol dependence in remission, degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, right knee chondromalacia with degenerative changes, degenerative arthritis of the right hip, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25014994
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