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The veteran's appeal for a higher rating for chronic headaches and for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was granted.

The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's chronic headaches meet the criteria for a 50 percent rating and that his service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment from April 30, 2009 to April 1, 2022.

Claimed conditions
chronic headaches
How they argued it
Direct service connection
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
50%
Decision date
January 22, 2025
Citation
25000803

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