Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating for individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities and basic eligibility of Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits as of April 12, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing and following substantially gainful occupation, meeting the schedular criteria for a TDIU as of April 12, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis of the spine, Right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, Left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, Tinnitus, RLE radiculopathy of the femoral nerve, LLE radiculopathy of the femoral nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25105035
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