The veteran's service-connected disabilities are rated at 70 percent combined, meeting the threshold requirement for a total disability rating. However, he is not unemployable due to his service-connected conditions as there is no evidence that they prevent him from working in an indoor environment.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not demonstrate that the veteran's service-connected disabilities make him unable to work in an indoor environment or any other type of substantially gainful employment consistent with his occupational and educational background.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury to the left foot, residuals of cold injury to the right foot, residuals of cold injury to the right hand, residuals of cold injury to the nose, residuals of cold injury to the left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0605282
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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