The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including a gastrectomy with psychophysiological gastrointestinal reaction and pernicious anemia, do not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment given his educational background and prior work experience.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected conditions are rated as 60 percent disabling, which meets the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability. However, his education and past employment history do not support an award of such a rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Pernicious anemia, Residuals of a gastrectomy with psychophysiological gastrointestinal reaction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2003
- Citation
- 0306580
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