Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment, so he is granted Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's significant medical impairments, coupled with his educational and occupational history, support an award of TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- fistulectomy with residuals of rectal sphincter control, chronic diarrhea, residuals of laceration of flexor tendon of the right hand, seborrheic dermatitis, muscle injury of the right hand, internal hemorrhoids, painful scar of the right hand, tinnitus, functional loss of the right index finger, functional loss of the right long finger, post-traumatic arthritis of the right ankle, chronic ingrown toenail of the right toe, healed surgical wound of the right little finger, scar with anal tag, residuals of fracture of the right fifth metacarpal with degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25003660
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