The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's service-connected conditions render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, meeting the criteria for TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis, lumbosacral spine with intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, depression, right knee condition, cervical spine condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25042685
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
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- Partly granted
The Veteran's award of total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted effective from April 15, 2017, solely based on his unspecified anxiety disorder. The claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy was denied.
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