The veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment, so he is granted a total disability evaluation due to individual unemployability (TDIU).

The deciding factor: The Veteran's multiple lower extremity disabilities severely limit his mobility, capacity to engage in basic postural maneuvers, capacity to sit or stand for prolonged periods, and capacity for sustained focus due to near-constant pain.

Claimed conditions

coronary artery disease, low back disability, peripheral vascular disease affecting both lower extremities, type II diabetes, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to his low back disability, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, onychomycosis affecting both feet, tinnitus

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

January 28, 2025

Citation

A25007551

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