The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his anxiety reaction and chronic low back pain, prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment compatible with his training and experience.
The deciding factor: The veteran's multiple service-connected conditions, particularly his chronic low back pain and anxiety disorder, render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Reaction, Chronic Low Back Pain with L5 Radiculopathy, Traumatic Arthritis of the Left Hip, Paresis of the Right Upper Extremity, Paresis of the Right Lower Extremity, Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia, Scar on the Dorsum of the Left Hand, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0005913
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for PTSD is dismissed as a free-standing claim.,The appeal seeking to revise or reverse the November 4, 2009 rating decision that denied service connection for depression and anxiety reaction is remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to his inability to use both lower extremities without assistive devices and lack of blindness in both eyes.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, and anxiety reaction based on the evidence of record at that time. The decision was not overturned due to clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional examinations and medical opinions are needed to properly evaluate the Veteran's PTSD, TBI, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The issues of entitlement to increased ratings for PTSD, TBI, and service connection for a subarachnoid hemorrhage have been remanded.
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