The veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's multiple service-connected disabilities, including severe respiratory issues and weakness, make it impossible for him to engage in substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Left-sided pleural cavity injury with splenosis, Splenectomy, Residuals of gunshot wound to the left chest
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0207789
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- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for residuals of splenectomy and abdominal surgical scar status post splenectomy, finding that the underlying condition (hereditary spherocytosis) clearly and unmistakably existed prior to active service and was not aggravated by service.
- Granted
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- Denied
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