The Veteran is granted a TDIU effective from June 18, 2015. The Board finds that the earlier effective date of September 11, 2012 should be granted as it was determined by VA in September 2012 that the Veteran could not secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected post-traumatic headaches.
The deciding factor: The September 2012 VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's post-traumatic headaches rendered him unemployable, which is consistent with the February 2016 VA examination findings.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic headaches, Recurrent major depressive disorder, Lumbar paravertebral myositis with straightening of the lumbar lordosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18129162
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's post-traumatic headaches are currently rated at the maximum schedular rating of 50 percent, and there is no evidence to support a higher rating. The Board has determined that an extraschedular evaluation is not warranted.
- Granted
The Board has restored the Veteran's 70 percent rating for recurrent major depressive disorder, effective October 1, 2021, as the reduction was improper and his symptoms did not improve.
- Granted
The Board has restored the Veteran's 70 percent rating for recurrent major depressive disorder, effective October 1, 2021, as the reduction was improper and his symptoms did not improve.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's post-traumatic headaches are granted a 50 percent rating, but the Board has remanded his claim for service connection of OSA due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
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