The Board has granted service connection for psoriatic arthritis of the lumbar spine, hands, and feet. The veteran's skin disability is rated at 30 percent disabling, while his joint disabilities are rated as follows: 40 percent for psoriatic arthritis of the lumbar spine, 10 percent each for psoriatic arthritis of the right hand, left hand, right foot, and left foot. He also has a separate rating of 10 percent for postoperative neuralgia of the ilioinguinal nerve with chronic groin pain. The combined rating is 80 percent. The veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to obtain and maintain any form of substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and industrial background, thus meeting the criteria for a total disability rating based on unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected psoriatic arthritis has been rated as 40 percent disabling for the lumbar spine, 10 percent each for the hands and feet. The combined rating is 80 percent. His postoperative neuralgia of the ilioinguinal nerve with chronic groin pain is also rated at 10 percent. Given his service-connected disabilities, which include psoriatic arthritis affecting multiple joints and a history of hernia surgery resulting in persistent pain, he meets the criteria for a total disability rating based on unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis with rosacea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- January 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0101796
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the claim for revision of an April 24, 1996, rating decision that denied service connection for psoriasis on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
- Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation based on housebound status from October 5, 2017.
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