The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected conditions, including aortic valve stenosis and anxiety disorder, do not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic valve stenosis status post valve repair, adjustment reaction with anxiety, status post arthroscopic debridement of the right knee with probable fracture of the inferior patella, status post arthroscopic debridement of the left knee, hearing loss on the right, status post cholecystectomy, status post appendectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 9, 2000
- Citation
- 0029581
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