The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted entitlement to total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The combined effects of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including urinary, fecal, and erectile dysfunction from prostate cancer, anxiety disorder, tinnitus, hypertension, thrombosis with cerebrovascular disease, GERD, nerve paralysis, and erectile dysfunction, render him incapable of securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- malignant neoplasm of the lateral wall of the bladder with prostate cancer, unspecified anxiety disorder, tinnitus, hypertension, thrombosis with cerebrovascular disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), right lower musculocutaneous nerve paralysis, left lower musculocutaneous nerve paralysis, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 15, 2026
- Citation
- A26034924
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What this means for you
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