The Veteran was granted a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for the periods from October 20, 2023 to November 13, 2024 and from January 1, 2025 to January 13, 2025. Service connection was granted for right hand degenerative arthritis, but an initial compensable disability evaluation for bilateral hearing loss was denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected PTSD symptoms have rendered her unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, warranting TDIU. The evidence supports the grant of service connection for right hand degenerative arthritis based on credible reports of in-service injuries and continuity of symptoms since service, but does not support an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand degenerative arthritis, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086390
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