The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service connected disabilities and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate.
The deciding factor: The service-connected voiding dysfunction, among other conditions, rendered the Veteran unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment consistent with her education and work experience.
- Claimed conditions
- voiding dysfunction, sleep apnea, depression, recurrent left ovarian cyst with cystectomy residuals and partial hysterectomy residuals, migraine, lumbosacral spine degenerative changes, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, left hip strain, left knee meniscectomy residuals and degenerative arthritis, six (6) painful and tender abdominal surgical scars each rated as 10 percent disabling, left knee meniscectomy scars and a right arm scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 9, 2024
- Citation
- 24031671
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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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