Denied
The Board denied entitlement to a TDIU prior to November 30, 2021, as the Veteran was not shown to be unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The functional impairment of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not rise to the level of rendering him unemployable prior to November 30, 2021, as he was enrolled in vocational rehabilitation and had completed a degree in December 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Degenerative Disc Disease L4-L5, Right Knee Limitation of Flexion, Left knee Limitation of Extension, Right lower extremity (RLE) sciatic radiculopathy, Left lower extremity (LLE) sciatic radiculopathy, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098311
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