The Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities as of April 30, 2012.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected right upper extremity weakness, patent foramen ovale, and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and work history.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity weakness, patent foramen ovale, transient ischemic attacks (TIAs)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- September 12, 2023
- Citation
- 23050396
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for various conditions but granted a 30 percent rating for left and right upper extremity weakness prior to November 13, 2024, and an earlier effective date of August 27, 2010, for total disability based on individual unemployability.
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