The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment, warranting a total rating for compensation purposes.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the veteran's service-connected conditions alone or combined with non-service-connected conditions render him unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a skull defect, Right tibial/fibula fracture, Ureteral stricture, Chronic brain syndrome associated with brain trauma, Posttraumatic epilepsy (seizure) disorder, Scars of the face and scalp, Donor site scars of the left thigh and legs, Residuals of nasal septum reconstruction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- June 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0017232
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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