The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, which render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record indicates that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities significantly impair his ability to perform physical and mental tasks required by employment, rendering him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee strain, Lumbosacral strain, Degenerative arthritis with strain of the right ankle, Tinnitus, Right lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, Left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, Left ankle sprain, Residuals of hepatitis, Right lower extremity radiculopathy, femoral nerve, Left lower extremity radiculopathy, femoral nerve, Left knee strain, Migraines, Left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25037362
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for additional VA examinations to properly evaluate the current severity of her disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's left knee strain, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and service connection for a right ankle disorder. Other claims were denied or remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to in-service noise exposure.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted an effective date of July 31, 2012, for TDIU and October 22, 2012, for service connection of left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
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