The veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating, which would preclude an average person from engaging in substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The veteran's non-service connected disabilities are rated as 60 percent combined, but his service-connected conditions (schizophrenic reaction, chronic, undifferentiated type; COPD; infection left infrapatellar bursa) do not individually warrant a higher rating based on the evidence of record.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenic reaction, chronic, undifferentiated type, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, infection left infrapatellar bursa
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0024806
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