The Veteran's service-connected seizure disability and bilateral shoulder disabilities have prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment since March 1996. The Board has granted an effective date of June 15, 2015 for the assignment of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected seizure disability and bilateral shoulder disabilities have caused sufficient functional impairment to prevent him from securing and obtaining a substantially gainful occupation in either a sedentary or physical occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure disability, Bilateral shoulder disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24052804
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Related decisions
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- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance due to his seizure disability was denied. The Board found that the denial in a September 2015 rating decision implicitly denied any pending inferred claim for SMC, as it related to the level of disability from his seizure disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him so helpless as to require the regular aid and attendance of another person, meeting the criteria for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance.
- Granted
The Veteran's seizure disability has manifested in one major seizure every month throughout the period on appeal, warranting a 100% rating from May 7, 2025 to October 16, 2025.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to reconsider the previously denied claims of service connection for back disability, left hip disability, and bilateral shoulder disabilities. The claims are being remanded for further review.
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