The Board has determined that the veteran is unemployable due to multiple disabilities, including chronic lumbar syndrome and degenerative joint disease. The evidence shows he suffers from a combination of conditions that prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The veteran's multiple service-connected disabilities, combined with his age and occupational background, render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lumbar syndrome with history of lumbar strain, degenerative joint disease and status post decompression at L4 and L5, recurrent anterior uveitis of the right eye with allergic conjunctivitis and iritis, residuals of burns of the hands and face, residuals of a head injury, hypertension, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, degenerative arthritis of the right shoulder, degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, degenerative arthritis of the wrists, dyspepsia, history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, muscle contraction headaches, vasomotor rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2001
- Citation
- 0100072
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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