Granted
The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including major depressive disorder and physical conditions, prevent him from obtaining or maintaining a substantially gainful occupation. Therefore, the veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder, particularly symptoms of anxiety and panic, are so severe that even the thought of working can cause panic attacks.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with anxious distress, lumbosacral strain with spinal stenosis, left knee strain, right knee strain, tinnitus, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25003587
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