Granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, effective May 22, 2024.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including obstructive sleep apnea with asthma and headaches associated with tinnitus, prevent him from maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Sleep Apnea with Asthma, Headaches (associated with tinnitus), Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096339
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