The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for the period beginning October 6, 2014.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment outside of his co-owned business.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the tonsil, right upper extremity brachial plexopathy, trismus, dermatitis and fibrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25048651
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,081 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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