Granted
The veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from January 3, 2013, due to service-connected fibromyalgia and lumbar spine disabilities preventing gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected migraines, fibromyalgia, and lumbar spine disabilities prevented him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation since January 3, 2013.
- Claimed conditions
- fibromyalgia, lumbar spine disabilities, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25000643
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