The Veteran's chronic post-traumatic headaches are rated at the maximum allowable under VA guidelines, with a disability rating of 50 percent since November 23, 1998.,Effective November 16, 2004, the Veteran is granted TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's chronic post-traumatic headaches have been rated at the maximum allowable under VA guidelines due to their severe economic inadaptability and very frequent completely prostrating attacks.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Chronic Post-Traumatic Headaches"}, {"condition_name":"Degenerative Joint Disease and Degenerative Disc Disease of the Lumbar Spine"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19186853
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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