Denied
The Board denied the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to March 1, 2018.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not meet his burden in establishing an inability to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities prior to March 1, 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the right and left ankle, Degenerative arthritis of the left and right hip (extension, impairment of thigh, flexion), Tinea versicolor and xerosis cutis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089295
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