Partly granted
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability and granted an effective date of May 10, 2021, but no earlier, for a total disability rating for individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a higher rating for the lumbar spine disability, but it established that the Veteran's disabilities caused him to be unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment from at least as early as May 10, 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106568
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