The veteran's service-connected conditions, including diabetes mellitus and sarcoidosis, are rated at noncompensable levels. The combined disability rating is 60 percent, which does not meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes.
The deciding factor: The veteran's disabilities do not prevent him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and work experience.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Sarcoidosis, Prostatitis, Urethritis, Arthritis of the Lumbar Spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- May 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0013336
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for sarcoidosis and related conditions, as well as secondary service connection claims, due to an inadequate VA opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's sarcoidosis.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for his diabetes mellitus, a higher rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder, and a total disability rating due to service-connected disabilities.
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