The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability and service connection for brain tumor, diagnosed as vestibular schwannoma/acoustic neuroma.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise regarding the Veteran's inability to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities. The Veteran's brain tumor was found to be a diagnosable but medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness of unknown etiology, warranting presumptive service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- vestibular schwannoma/acoustic neuroma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2024
- Citation
- A24070099
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