There are certain things VA cannot take into account when evaluating veterans for individual unemployability (TDIU), one of which is age, that's their rule, not mine. When the VA considers granting TDIU they evaluate the effects that the veteran’s service-connected condition(s) have on their ability to work - period! Even if the veteran retired long ago, the operative question remains: does the veteran’s service-connected condition(s) prevent them from working? A lot of Veterans work well into their seventies. Seventy is the new Fifty.