The veteran's service-connected disabilities are of such severity as to preclude him from obtaining and retaining all forms of substantially gainful employment, warranting a total rating for compensation purposes based upon individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's multiple service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- amputation, left arm (minor) below insertion of deltoid, residuals, shell fragment wound, right thigh with partial peroneal nerve palsy, limitation of motion, left shoulder, residuals, shell fragment wound, left ear, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- February 23, 2000
- Citation
- 0004684
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