The veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes.
The deciding factor: The veteran has no service-connected disabilities that would qualify him for a permanent and total disability rating under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Spine, Right Recurrent Groin Hernia, Residuals of Fracture of the Right Zygomatic Arch (Malar Bone) and Fracture of the Lateral Wall of the Right Orbit, Substance Abuse Disorder, Alcohol Abuse (rule out dependence)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0027651
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's lumbar spine condition was evaluated at a 10 percent rating prior to November 8, 2023 and upgraded to a 20 percent rating thereafter. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, depression, and a low back disability are being remanded due to the need to verify an in-service stressor. Additionally, his claim for higher ratings for his left knee disability is also being remanded for further development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and opinions regarding service connection for Morton's Neuroma and Degenerative Joint Disease of the Spine, both claimed as secondary to service-connected bilateral pes planus.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's requests to reopen claims for service connection for PTSD and Degenerative Joint Disease of the Spine, finding that no new and material evidence was submitted since the final decisions.
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