The Board has granted a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from December 27, 1996. The veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease with hypertension and lumbosacral strain have prevented him from obtaining or maintaining gainful employment since December 27, 1996.
The deciding factor: The Board found sufficient evidence to determine that the veteran was unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities at the time he filed his initial application in December 1996.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease with hypertension, lumbosacral strain, residuals and a fracture of the right ulna with traumatic arthritis of the right elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- November 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0126125
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What this means for you
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