The Board has established a total rating based on individual unemployability effective from May 31, 1997. The appellant's combined schedular evaluation was 100 percent permanent and total as of that date.
The deciding factor: The appellant submitted evidence of unemployability due to multiple sclerosis in October 1992, which constituted an informal claim for a total rating based on individual unemployability.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic arthritis of the right knee, Bilateral hearing loss disability, Lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- July 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0118994
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