The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to perform all kinds of substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected conditions, when evaluated in association with his educational attainment and occupational background, have not rendered him unable to perform all kinds of substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic low back strain, left index finger fracture (non-dominant), left zygoma fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2004
- Citation
- 0408120
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