The appellant's combined rating for his ratable disabilities is 30 percent, which is sufficient to meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes.
The deciding factor: The appellant has multiple disabilities that preclude him from engaging in substantially gainful employment when considered with his age, education, and general occupational background.
- Claimed conditions
- status post right femur fracture, status post rib cage trauma with respiratory dysfunction, tension headaches, degenerative joint disease in the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0205430
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a retrospective medical assessment regarding the severity of the Veteran's headaches without medication to determine if an earlier effective date for a 50 percent disability rating is warranted.
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