The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected conditions, while disabling, do not prevent him from engaging in substantial gainful employment based on his educational background and previous work history.
- Claimed conditions
- dysthymic disorder, residuals of a splenectomy, residuals of a fractured left hip with arthritis, residuals of a left upper arm injury, residuals of a left tibia and fibula injury, residuals of a fractured right tibia and fibula with arthritis of the right foot, residuals of fractured 5th to 9th ribs on the left, residuals of an injured left middle finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 9, 2001
- Citation
- 0110335
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected dysthymic disorder, anxiety disorder, borderline intellectual functioning, and dyslexia have prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an increased rating of 70 percent for dysthymic disorder and a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability, effective July 31, 2008.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date of August 1, 1989 or November 1, 2011 for his service-connected dysthymic disorder.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected dysthymic disorder has been found to prevent him from obtaining or retaining substantially gainful employment, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted.
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