The veteran is unable to obtain or maintain any form of substantially gainful employment due to the effects of his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including a compound skull fracture, residuals of traumatic encephalopathy, a scar of the scalp, and post-traumatic stress disorder, render him unemployable according to medical evidence and credible testimony.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2008
- Citation
- 0810586
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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