The Veteran is unable to obtain or maintain gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities, and the Board finds that he meets the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (Traumatic Brain Injury, Tinea Pedis, Right Inguinal Hernia, and Post-Traumatic Headaches with Migraine Features) render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Tinea Pedis (Athlete's Foot), Right Inguinal Hernia, Post-Traumatic Headaches with Migraine Features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 2, 2016
- Citation
- 1630620
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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