The veteran's claim for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes is well grounded, and the RO has assigned nonservice-connected ratings of 10 percent for various conditions. The case is remanded to obtain additional medical records and conduct further examination.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service meets the requirements for honorable active military service during a period of war, he has been found unemployable due to disabilities, and his income does not exceed the statutory limit.
- Claimed conditions
- fractured vertebra, cervical strain, seizure disorder, history of a fracture of the pelvis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0010268
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