The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD with secondary panic attacks, degenerative joint disease of the right and left knees, and shrapnel wound residuals to the back, render him unable to secure or maintain gainful employment. The Board finds that these conditions meet the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD with secondary panic attacks, degenerative joint disease of both knees, and shrapnel wound residuals to the back, render him unable to secure or maintain gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Knee, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Left Knee, Residuals of Shrapnel Fragment Wounds, Scars to Bilateral Posterior Thighs and Sacrum of Back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- February 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0201413
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities.
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