The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable evaluation for pyelonephritis with calcifications in the prostate and for multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.324, finding that neither condition interfered with normal employability.
The deciding factor: The genitourinary disability at issue did not cause any complications or functional impairment, while the scalp scar was not disfiguring or symptomatic and did not interfere with normal employability.
- Claimed conditions
- pyelonephritis with calcifications in the prostate, laceration of the scalp
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0024085
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected laceration of the scalp residuals is being remanded due to the need for additional examination and development.
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The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation since July 14, 2009.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the evidence received since the December 2004 rating decision is not new and material, and thus does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unemployable as of July 14, 2009. His combined disability rating is 80 percent with consideration of the bilateral factor.
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