The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, fibromyalgia, IBS, cholecystectomy, migraines, right knee injury, tinnitus, and other conditions, prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment prior to January 10, 2005.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows significant impairment due to service-connected disabilities such as PTSD, fibromyalgia, IBS/cholecystectomy, and migraines, which rendered the Veteran unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), residuals of a cholecystectomy, migraines, residuals of a right knee injury, tinnitus, residuals of a left great toe fracture, right ear hearing loss, left eyebrow scar, scar on the face
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0905722
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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