The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered her unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment consistent with her educational and occupational background, warranting a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has multiple service-connected disabilities that significantly impair her ability to work due to symptoms such as fatigue, memory impairment, and difficulty in establishing social relationships.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Status post total abdominal hysterectomy with residual scars, Somatoform Disorder, Migraine Cephalgia, Lumbosacral Spine Intervertebral Disc Degeneration, Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- April 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18100971
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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.
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