The veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a TDIU rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly his right hip injury, significantly limit his ability to work due to pain and disability.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right thigh and buttock, residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right forearm and hand, residuals of an amputation of a portion of the distal phalanx of the right thumb, residuals of a shell fragment wound to the left thigh, residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right foot with traumatic arthritis, residuals of left sciatic nerve damage, residual scars from shell fragment wounds to the forehead, left hand, right leg, and right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 16, 2003
- Citation
- 0300964
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