Partly granted
The appeal for an evaluation in excess of 60 percent for gout and the issue of TDIU on or after December 3, 2020, were dismissed. The appellant was granted a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to December 3, 2020.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to December 3, 2020, but the issue is moot thereafter due to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- gout, lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome (lumbosacral spine disability), hypertension, residuals of cerebral vascular accident (CVA) and associated deficits
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25094895
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