The Board granted service connection for headache attributed to RCVS and persistent thunderclap headache, restored a disability rating of 60 percent for asthma with COPD, denied an initial rating greater than 60 percent for asthma with COPD, denied an initial rating greater than 10 percent for RCVS and aphasia, granted separate ratings for muscle weakness in the upper and lower extremities due to RCVS, denied a higher rating for myocardial infarction with arteriosclerotic heart disease, granted TDIU from August 23, 2023, and granted an effective date of August 23, 2023, for DEA benefits.
The deciding factor: The Board granted service connection based on the benefit-of-the-doubt rule, restored a disability rating due to improper reduction, denied higher ratings where evidence did not support them, granted separate ratings for muscle weakness as they were supported by the record, and granted TDIU and DEA eligibility based on the Veteran's overall functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- headache attributed to reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) and persistent thunderclap headache, asthma with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), myocardial infarction with arteriosclerotic heart disease, reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) and aphasia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25110717
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,272 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation from December 28, 2010, to August 26, 2016. The Board granted the TDIU on an extraschedular basis for this period.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a disability rating of 30 percent for asthma with COPD prior to October 30, 2024, but the claim for a higher rating was denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of asthma with COPD, as the claim was granted under the PACT Act on August 10, 2022.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent from August 4, 2023 for asthma with COPD to schedule a VA examination to clarify the Veteran's DLCO score in terms of percent predicted.
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