The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including depression and lumbar spine degenerative arthritis, preclude all forms of gainful employment in a non-sheltered environment, consistent with the Veteran's level of education and work history.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, lumbar spine degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome status post fusion, right lower extremity radiculopathy associated with lumbar spine degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome status post infusion, tinnitus, back scar associated with lumbar spine degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome status post infusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25037784
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 claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology opinion are provided.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, cubital tunnel syndrome, right plantar fasciitis, and a right knee disability due to the lack of evidence supporting a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
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