The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including residuals of a closed head injury and post-concussive headaches associated with residuals of a closed head injury, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation since January 25, 2014. The Board has granted a TDIU effective from that date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are sufficient to render him unable to obtain and maintain any form of substantially gainful employment due to his functional limitations and the impact on his ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a closed head injury, post-concussive headaches associated with residuals of a closed head injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1709229
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What this means for you
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