The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, which include bilateral upper and lower extremity neuropathy, hearing loss, tongue cancer (residuals), and hypothyroidism.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record indicates that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, meeting the criteria for a TDIU under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a).
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral upper and lower extremity neuropathy, hearing loss, tongue cancer (residuals), hypothyroidism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25052159
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
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- Granted
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- Denied
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