Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to January 26, 2011, but denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for tension headaches with thoracic kyphosis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or maintain gainful employment prior to January 26, 2011, and the maximum schedular rating was already assigned for his tension headaches with thoracic kyphosis.
- Claimed conditions
- tension headaches with thoracic kyphosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- 25013983
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