The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, in combination, render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and work history.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities interfere with his ability to perform the physical demands of his former vocations as a truck driver and sales associate, coupled with his inability to sustain focus or concentration.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine with degenerative arthritis and lumbosacral strain, traumatic brain injury (TBI), left shoulder strain with impingement syndrome, right shoulder strain, tinnitus, right knee strain, left knee strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- December 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24084274
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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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- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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