Granted
The veteran is granted an effective date of August 5, 2021 for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or maintaining gainful employment since August 5, 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- low back arthritis, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to low back arthritis, right ankle arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25007491
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