The Board has granted service connection for right ear hearing loss and found that the appellant's psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and dysthymia, is a lifetime impairment sufficient to render him unemployable. The veteran also meets the criteria for non-service connected pension due to his disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the appellant has a current right ear hearing loss disability and a lifetime impairment of his psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and dysthymia) which precludes him from obtaining or retaining all forms of substantially gainful employment, meeting the criteria for non-service connected pension.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disorder (including PTSD, dysthymia), Right ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0034076
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