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
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Decisions by this judge: 2,188 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
The Veteran's initial rating for post-traumatic migraine headaches was denied as the severity of his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
- Granted
The Board has granted an initial 30 percent disability rating for the Veteran's post-traumatic migraine headaches, effective March 23, 2021. The decision resolves all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD rating was restored from 30 to 50 percent effective November 1, 2014.,The Veteran's headaches rating was restored from 0 to 30 percent effective November 1, 2014.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for TBI, post-traumatic migraine headaches, and BPPV is granted with an effective date of July 5, 2017.
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