Granted
The veteran's service-connected disabilities alone precluded him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, so he is granted a total rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone would have prevented his ability to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity radiculopathy, lumbar spondylosis, degenerative arthritis and degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right hip osteoarthritis and acetabular labrum tendinosis with limitation of adduction, right hip osteoarthritis and acetabular labrum tendinosis with limitation of flexion, lumbar spine scar, right hip osteoarthritis and acetabular labrum tendinosis with limitation extension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25000863
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