Granted
The Veteran is granted a TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to February 20, 2018, and basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits from the same period.
The deciding factor: The service-connected disabilities rendered the Veteran unable to secure or follow any form of substantially gainful employment during the relevant period.
- Claimed conditions
- Post traumatic headaches, Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety, depressed mood, and TBI residuals, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25014516
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