The Board denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that his combined evaluation of 40 percent did not meet the percentage requirements set forth in 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a).
The deciding factor: The veteran's combined evaluation of 40 percent did not meet the percentage thresholds required for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a fractured right lower fibula, right medial malleolus, residuals of a fractured IP joint on the right thumb, tinea manuum of the right index finger, tinea pedis and onychomycosis of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- July 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0207725
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