The veteran's claims for increased rating and temporary total disability based on surgery were denied as the evidence did not support a higher rating or entitlement to convalescence.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show that the service-connected peptic ulcer disease was more than 20% disabling, nor did it establish a link between the abdominal aortic aneurysm and the veteran's service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent peptic ulcer disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 9, 2005
- Citation
- 0524642
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- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for recurrent peptic ulcer disease was granted. The claim for service connection for a recurrent lumbar spine disability, including degenerative disc disease and degenerative arthritis, was remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including spondylolisthesis of the lumbar spine, recurrent peptic ulcer disease, and chondromalacia of the right knee, have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment since April 27, 2006.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including spondylolisthesis of the lumbar spine and recurrent peptic ulcer disease, have prevented him from securing and following substantially gainful employment consistent with his educational and occupational background.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, including spondylolisthesis of the lumbar spine with right radiculopathy, chondromalacia of the right knee, recurrent peptic ulcer disease, incomplete paralysis of the right sciatic nerve associated with the lumbar spine disability, and hemorrhoids. The case is remanded for an appropriate VA examination to determine the effects of all service-connected disabilities on his ability to maintain and retain employment, as well as for extraschedular consideration under 38 C.F.R. � 4.16(b).
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