The veteran's service-connected disabilities are not of sufficient severity to prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The veteran's combined disability evaluation is 70 percent, which meets the percentage requirements for TDIU under VA regulations. However, his age and obesity are considered factors that limit his ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive cardiovascular disease, pseudotumor cerebri, burr holes, residuals of compression fractures to the lumbar spine with a deformed vertebral body, internal derangement of the right knee; residuals of injury to the right elbow, abrasion to the left fifth finger, hemorrhoidectomy with anal fistula excision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 20, 2000
- Citation
- 0016349
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