The Veteran's service-connected residuals of prostate cancer have prevented him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's urinary frequency and incontinence due to his service-connected condition made it impossible for him to follow a substantially gainful occupation as a truck driver or any other job requiring frequent bathroom access.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25044022
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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