The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude her from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment consistent with her education and experience.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence indicates that the Veteran has some occupational impairment caused by her service-connected disorders, but no medical examiner of record has ever opined that her service-connected disorders alone or in combination completely prevent all activities required for some form of gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus, unspecified depressive disorder, migraine headaches, lumbosacral strain, hiatal hernia and gastroesophageal reflux disease with gastritis, right foot cystectomy scar, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, anemia, allergic rhinitis, right foot scar, seborrheic dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- June 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19146720
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's lumbar spine pain, allergic rhinitis, and recurrent yeast infections. The claims for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder and left knee pain were remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that the Veteran's low back injury occurred during a period of active duty for training (ADT) and continued therefrom.
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