The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bipolar disorder with anxious distress and migraine headaches, prevent her from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted TDIU effective December 29, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability (bipolar disorder) and migraines greatly impact her ability to focus and rest, making it impossible for her to perform the tasks required for gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Bipolar II disorder with anxious distress, Migraine headaches, Lumbar strain, Internal derangement/osteoarthritis of right temporal mandibular joint, Bronchial asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22017032
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