The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and a total disability rating based on individual employability (TDIU) is granted.
The deciding factor: The severe mental and physical occupational impairment arising from the Veteran's service-connected disabilities has a marked effect on his ability to be employed full time, and his part-time employment in a business that he owns with his wife is considered a protected work environment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25035514
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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