Granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for the period on appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, when considered together, as likely as not rendered him unable to maintain gainful employment during the period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left thigh limitation of extension, right thigh limitation of flexion, left hip limitation of flexion, left hip limitation of abduction, adduction, external rotation, and internal rotation, right hip limitation of abduction, adduction, external rotation, and internal rotation, degenerative disc disease, degenerative joint disease, lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094212
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