The veteran's service-connected disabilities have prevented him from engaging in substantially gainful employment since August 24, 1993. The effective date for the total rating for compensation purposes based on unemployability is set at August 24, 1993.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran has not been able to engage in substantially gainful employment due to service-connected disabilities alone since August 24, 1993.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease (CAD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), residuals of shell fragment wounds to Muscle Group I, duodenal ulcer, shell fragment wound scar of the right thigh, shell fragment wound scar of the left arm and shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- February 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0104933
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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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