The Board denied the veteran's claim for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) because the evidence did not show that her service-connected back disorder or left lower extremity radiculopathy alone would prevent her from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.

The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's service-connected disabilities, while impacting her ability to work, did not preclude all forms of gainful employment.

Claimed conditions

cerebrovascular accident/stroke with migraine headaches, cerebrovascular accident/stroke with cognitive disorder, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, status post emergency C section with subtotal hysterectomy, degenerative disc and joint disease of the lumbosacral spine, cerebrovascular accident/stroke with urinary stress incontinence and voiding dysfunction, cerebrovascular accident/stroke with scotoma and right superior nasal quadrantanopia of the right eye, hoarseness associated with cerebrovascular accident/stroke, C section and hysterectomy scar, female sexual arousal disorder

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

January 28, 2025

Citation

A25007317

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