Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, so he is granted total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected bilateral hip and heart conditions cause him to be unable to stand and are a severe fall risk, preventing him from working.
- Claimed conditions
- acute heart failure, bilateral hip joint replacement and revision status post cobalt complication, tinnitus, noncompensable bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25004663
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