The veteran's service-connected disabilities are of such severity as to preclude him from securing and following any form of substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and work experience. With resolution of reasonable doubt in the veteran's favor, a total compensation rating based on individual unemployability is granted.
The deciding factor: The veteran's severe back disorder, when reviewed alone, more likely than not render him unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- paravertebral myositis, pelvic tilt, lumbar radiculopathy, residual, gunshot wound, left leg with fracture of tibia and fibula, pterygium, right eye, tonsillectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- December 6, 2002
- Citation
- 0217634
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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