The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least evenly balanced that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Bilateral hearing loss, Diabetes mellitus type 2, Diabetic peripheral neuropathy left lower extremity, Diabetic peripheral neuropathy right lower extremity, Tinnitus, Left ankle tendonitis, Morton's neuroma left foot, Hypertension, Chloracne, Scars left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25048128
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 Veteran's claims for additional VA examinations to properly evaluate the current severity of her disabilities.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his PTSD is related to an in-service military sexual trauma (MST) during a period of ACDUTRA.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence of a current disability in the right ear and insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between the left ear hearing loss and service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and hypertension, to include as secondary to left orchiectomy, for further development in accordance with the PACT Act.
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