The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted his claim for a TDIU effective December 23, 2010.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (including PTSD, asthma, CVA residuals, hypertension, GERD, and migraine headaches) are severe enough to prevent him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Asthma, Left upper extremity residuals of CVA, Left lower extremity residuals of CVA associated with hypertension, Left upper extremity residuals of CVA associated with hypertension, Seizure, petit mal, secondary to CVA associated with hypertension, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Hypertension, Migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- November 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18153931
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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