The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including pancreatitis, dysthymic disorder, diabetes, and erectile dysfunction, are of a nature and severity that prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment. The Board finds the evidence supports his claim for a total rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including pancreatitis, dysthymic disorder, diabetes, and erectile dysfunction, are of a nature and severity that prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- pancreatitis with hyperlipidemia, dysthymic disorder, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus with peripheral neuropathy of both upper and low extremities, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- August 30, 2000
- Citation
- 0023161
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What this means for you
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