The veteran's service-connected PTSD with depression and the aggravation of a pre-existing gunshot wound to the right 4th toe have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions indicated that the veteran's PTSD has been exacerbated by his stroke, making it not reasonably possible to separate the effect of the PTSD on employability from the effect of the stroke.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with depression, residuals of a gunshot wound to the right 4th toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 22, 2001
- Citation
- 0121266
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