The veteran's service-connected seizure disorder and peptic ulcer disease render him unemployable, given his educational background and past work experience.
The deciding factor: The veteran's significantly disabling seizure disorder, along with a less severe peptic ulcer disease, renders him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- seizure disorder, peptic ulcer disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- April 29, 2003
- Citation
- 0308066
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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