The veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from obtaining or maintaining gainful employment since July 27, 1990. His marginal employment is not considered substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: VA documents show the veteran has not had any gainful employment since at least July 27, 1990 and his service-connected disabilities have prevented him from engaging in substantially gainful employment compatible with his education and work experience since then.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, seizure disorder, pseudofolliculitis barbae
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 21, 2002
- Citation
- 0206697
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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