The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to the combined effects of his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including unspecified anxiety disorder with mild neurocognitive disorder with TBI and post-traumatic migraine headaches, prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic migraine headaches, Unspecified anxiety disorder with mild neurocognitive disorder with traumatic brain injury (TBI), Degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine affecting C5-C6 level with disc space narrowing and chronic cervical strain, Scars, left lateral eyebrow region, left lateral upper lip, and left anterior scalp region and left anterior forearm, Cervical spondylosis with myelopathy, affecting C5-C6 level with right C6 nerve root radiculopathy, Injury to left trigeminal nerve, V2 branch with numbness, tingling over anterior face below the left orbital region, Injury to right trigeminal nerve, V3 branch, with numbness/tingling over the right lower face extending to the mid-line, Injury to right facial nerve in lower portion of face with slight drooping of corner of mouth and weakened ability to puff out right cheek
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25055689
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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