The Veteran's service-connected vascular headaches render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, warranting a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected vascular headaches prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment due to their severity and frequency.
- Claimed conditions
- vascular headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 13, 2012
- Citation
- 1220721
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- Granted
The Veteran's vascular headaches are granted effective August 22, 2011. A TDIU is granted effective February 11, 2015. SMC based on housebound criteria is denied prior to July 14, 2020.
- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease, vascular headaches, and cerebrovascular accident with left eye vision problem rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment from April 1, 2015 to May 28, 2018.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for vascular headaches and granted restoration of the cervical spine, left upper extremity radiculopathy, and lumbar spine disability ratings.
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