The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, gunshot wound to muscle group XIX, removal of the left kidney, lumbosacral strain with arthritis and sacroilitis, status post gastric resection, small bowel resection and previous colostomy with dumping syndrome, and a muscle bulge associated with ventral and incisional hernia, preclude him from obtaining and retaining all forms of substantially gainful employment. As such, the veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities are rated at 70% combined, which meets the criteria for TDIU as one ratable condition (PTSD) and another (gunshot wound to muscle group XIX) is rated at least 40%. The medical evidence shows that these conditions preclude him from obtaining and retaining all forms of substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound to muscle group XIX, removal, left kidney, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), lumbosacral strain with arthritis and sacroilitis, status post gastric resection, small bowel resection and previous colostomy, dumping syndrome, muscle bulge associated with ventral and incisional hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- September 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0026195
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