The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on unemployability due to service-connected disabilities and special monthly compensation at the statutory housebound rate.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve alone prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, meeting the criteria for TDIU. Additionally, he met the statutory criteria for SMC based on housebound status.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, right lower extremity radiculopathy of the femoral nerve, right lower extremity radiculopathy of the obturator nerve, left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity radiculopathy of the femoral nerve, low back strain, migraine headaches, posttraumatic stress disorder, diarrhea and constipation, right upper extremity radiculopathy, chin scar and cervical spine scar (rated 30% under Diagnostic Code 7800, 10% under Diagnostic Code 7804), cervical spine spondylosis with strain and disc herniation, left upper extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25056498
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.
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