The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia, colitis, headaches, and right knee chondromalacia patella, preclude her from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms, as reported by medical professionals and a vocational expert, significantly impair her ability to work in any environment, making it impossible for her to maintain substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia, colitis, headaches, right knee chondromalacia patella
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 4, 2024
- Citation
- 24000728
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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