The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities from September 20, 2006.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the combined effects of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered her unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment from September 20, 2006, which is the day following her discharge from active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine disability with right lower extremity radiculopathy, Ovarian cysts, Vascular cephalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095298
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,077 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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