The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render her unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted entitlement to total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including major depressive disorder, left knee degenerative joint disease, lumbar spinal stenosis, bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, left sciatic radiculopathy, and scar status post hysterectomy, render her unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, somatization disorder associated with hysterectomy for uterine tumor, left knee degenerative joint disease, lumbar spinal stenosis, bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, left sciatic radiculopathy, scar status post hysterectomy, anterior trunk
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2026
- Citation
- A26002328
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