Granted
The veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, effective from August 25, 2022.
The deciding factor: The veteran's credible testimony and medical evidence demonstrate that his service-connected disabilities preclude him from securing and following any substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, chronic low back pain, left lower extremity radiculopathy, tinnitus, cerebral infarction, left eye glaucoma, residuals, excision papilloma, right upper lid, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25000998
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