Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) beginning October 29, 2008, and the earlier effective date claims for service connection were either dismissed or remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation since October 29, 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- Residual through and through shell fragment wound, right lumbar area involving muscle group XIX with scar, Degenerative arthritis of the spine associated with right lumbar SFW (hereinafter spine DJD), Right lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085489
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