The appeal was dismissed for entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) as of August 10, 2022. An effective date of August 10, 2022, but not earlier, for service connection of superior vena cava syndrome was granted. The criteria for entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) prior to August 10, 2022, were denied.
The deciding factor: The weight of the evidence supported that the Veteran had superior vena cava syndrome secondary to lung cancer and an effective date of August 10, 2022, was appropriate for service connection. The criteria for TDIU prior to August 10, 2022, were not met.
- Claimed conditions
- superior vena cava syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25033525
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,645 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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