The Veteran's award of total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted effective from April 15, 2017, solely based on his unspecified anxiety disorder. The claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy was denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disability of unspecified anxiety disorder has approximately as likely as not solely precluded him from maintaining substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and work history, justifying the grant of TDIU. The evidence did not support an earlier effective date for right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified anxiety disorder, right lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25110801
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