The Board denied the claim for a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that the appellant did not meet the criteria for such a rating. The appeal also included a claim under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for compensation benefits for a right arm disorder, which was pending at the time of the decision.
The deciding factor: The appellant's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities as they do not result in a combined rating of 70% or more with one disability rated at least 40%. The claim under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 was pending but not adjudicated.
- Claimed conditions
- Costochondritis, status post incisional scar with pain and hypersensitivity along the left chest wall, old granulomatous disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2001
- Citation
- 0107461
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