The Board denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability prior to April 28, 2020, and denied earlier effective dates for DEA benefits. The Board granted restoration of a 50 percent disability rating for migraines effective July 1, 2023, but denied ratings in excess of the assigned levels for other conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran was unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities prior to April 28, 2020. The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities had not rendered him unemployable at any time during the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Migraines, Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Right Foot Pes Planus, Right Knee Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PFS) Injury, Left Tibia Stress Fracture with Patellofemoral Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25102723
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