The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unemployable, as he has a 12th grade education and over 20 years of experience in the printing field. The Board finds no competent medical evidence indicating that his service-connected conditions alone prevent him from obtaining employment.
The deciding factor: The veteran's age, education, and prior work experience are considered, but his service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, gunshot wound of right femur with compound fracture of femoral neck with metallic fragments and degenerative arthritis, degenerative joint disease of right knee, status post arthroscopy and high tibial osteotomy, low back syndrome with degenerative changes of lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0030828
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