The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from obtaining and retaining all forms of substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The VA examination did not find any condition for unemployability due to the veteran's service-connected disabilities, but rather attributed his inability to work solely to age.
- Claimed conditions
- scar, right jaw, cheek and anterior right canthus, residuals of displaced 7th cervical vertebrae with scar and limitation of motion, residuals of gunshot wound of right shoulder, scar over cervical spine, right facial paresis, right eye keratitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- May 24, 2001
- Citation
- 0114603
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