The Veteran's undiagnosed illness was granted effective May 15, 1998 and increased to 60% in September 2007. The Board found that the Veteran became unemployable due to his service-connected undiagnosed illness on May 25, 2004.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of undiagnosed illness rendered him unable to work as testified by himself and his wife in April 2014 hearing presentation.
- Claimed conditions
- undiagnosed illness
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- May 15, 2014
- Citation
- 1421860
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