The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including fractures of the feet and left ankle sprain, have resulted in a combined rating of 70 percent. The TDIU rating is granted due to his effective unemployability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected conditions effectively preclude substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Fractured metatarsals of the right foot, Fractured metatarsals of the left foot, Left ankle sprain, Hypertrophied tonsils
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0005359
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