Granted
The Veteran is granted an extraschedular total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from April 16, 2009.
The deciding factor: There was an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding the Veteran's inability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected back and left lower extremity disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Back disability, Left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25086080
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