Granted
The Veteran was granted a rating of total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based upon service-connected disorders effective July 20, 2022, and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) pursuant to 38 U.S.C. chapter 35 for the same effective date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has continuously pursued his claim for TDIU since July 20, 2022, matching his date of service connection for Meniere's disease and satisfying schedular criteria for a TDIU due to the combined effects of all disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere's disease with bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, Unspecified anxiety disorder, Lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, Allergic rhinitis, Migraine disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25110183
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