The Board granted entitlement to a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, but denied service connection for a bilateral wrist disability and a higher rating for hepatitis C.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record does not establish that the Veteran's bilateral wrist condition is causally related to his military service or as secondary to his service-connected hepatitis C. The Veteran has been unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities, which resulted in the grant of TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral wrist disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25045612
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,874 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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