The veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The veteran's chronic leg and back pain, along with his previous employment experience as a heavy equipment operator and truck driver, preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the left distal tibia and fibula, residuals of fractures of the metatarsals and distal phalanges of the left foot, shortening of the left lower extremity, chronic low back pain, osteomyelitis of the left leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- May 31, 2002
- Citation
- 0205676
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded claims for chronic low back pain, upper back pain, right hand disability, left hand disability, headaches, and right knee disability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple disabilities, including various musculoskeletal conditions and mental health disorders.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and remanded the claims for other conditions due to insufficient evidence.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for chronic back pain, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and a left knee disability secondary to the service-connected right knee patellofemoral syndrome.
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