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Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) is denied.

January 30, 2026Citation Nr. 26001443Docket 16-46 699va.gov source

  • Total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU)Denied
DecisionAnalysis

Board reasoning

The Board weighed the evidence showing ongoing employment during the appeal period and inconsistent reports of work activity against the service-connected disabilities’ alleged impact on employability, finding insufficient evidence of unemployability to meet the TDIU threshold. It noted the veteran’s part-time and full-time work history, recent employment, and incomplete 21-8940 responses, concluding that the economic component of unemployability has not been demonstrated and thus entitlement to TDIU is not warranted.

Issues

  • Total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU)Denied

Authorities

  • Stegall v. West, 11 Vet. App. 268cited for requirement to address remand compliance and adequate reasons for remand
  • 5 Vet. App. 524cited for central inquiry on whether service-connected disabilities alone cause unemployability

Extracted with gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07. Citations are kept only when they appear in the decision text.