The veteran's claim for a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities was granted with an effective date of February 11, 2000. The veteran's daughter is also eligible for Dependent's Educational Assistance under Chapter 35.
The deciding factor: The veteran met the schedular requirements for a total rating based on his service-connected disabilities and had been unemployed since July 1996.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, bronchial asthma, lumbosacral strain, irritable colon syndrome with gastritis, sinus disability with headaches, skin condition (residuals of a fracture of the fifth metacarpal of the right hand), anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 27, 2001
- Citation
- 0117190
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