The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for nervous condition prior to December 2, 2023, and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to May 22, 2023.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms did not cause the level of impairment required for a higher disability rating or TDIU before the specified dates.
- Claimed conditions
- nervous condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25045250
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 715 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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