The veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability is rated as noncompensable, and his combined service-connected disabilities are rated at 70 percent. The Board finds that the evidence supports a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran's combined service-connected disabilities meet the schedular criteria for a total rating based on individual unemployability, and his testimony and medical records support his claim of unemployability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss disability, left humerus fracture with left radial nerve palsy, right knee injury postoperative, coronary artery spasm with chest pain, bilateral bunions and calluses
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0021666
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but has remanded the issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability due to inadequate examination and reasoning.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus, finding that there is no credible evidence linking these conditions to his active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus due to errors in providing notice of his right to a pre-decisional hearing.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but has remanded the claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
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