The Veteran's TDIU is granted with an effective date of August 13, 2014. The earlier claim for migraine headaches (secondary to Major depressive disorder) and the request for a prior effective date are also granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran met the schedular requirements for a TDIU as of April 5, 2011, and his service-connected conditions rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. The earlier effective date is granted due to new evidence received within the one-year appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Migraine headaches, Major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- November 15, 2019
- Citation
- A19002839
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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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