Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are severe enough to prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, so a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined disability rating of 80 percent and his inability to perform substantially gainful employment due to service-connected disabilities justify the TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, mental health disability, diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, open-heart surgery scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25003112
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