The veteran's combined nonservice-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability evaluation for pension purposes.
The deciding factor: The veteran's disabilities, while present, do not result in a combined rating of at least 70 percent when considering all service-connected and non-service-connected disabilities together. The RO found that his disabilities are not representative of a total schedular evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- bronchial asthma, dementia, blind right eye, post traumatic optic nerve atrophy, exotropia, refractive error, gastritis, underweight, undernourished
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0336573
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