The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from September 7, 2005, to June 26, 2019.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record did not persuasively weigh in favor of finding that the Veteran was unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation by reason of his service-connected disabilities alone from September 7, 2005, to June 26, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with TBI, Left orchalgia, status post left epididymectomy for epididymitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25008920
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Decisions by this judge: 1,861 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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