Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to May 30, 2023, because the combined disability rating did not meet the schedular threshold criteria and the service-connected disabilities did not preclude gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined disability rating was less than 70 percent for the period prior to May 23, 2023, and his multiple service-connected disabilities did not all result from a common etiology or affect a single bodily system.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, bilateral pes planus, anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005206
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