The veteran's request for a permanent and total disability rating for nonservice-connected pension purposes is denied as his combined rating does not meet the required criteria.
The deciding factor: The veteran's disabilities do not meet the requirements for a permanent and total disability rating under the schedular criteria, and he cannot qualify on an extraschedular basis due to his age and background factors.
- Claimed conditions
- back and neck pain, alcohol abuse, right leg fracture, hepatitis C, serological evidence of lues (syphilis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- May 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0613106
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C, jaundice, hypogeusia, and hyposmia as there was no evidence of a current disability during the pendency of the claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C and remanded the claim for a heart disability due to insufficient evidence.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hepatitis C, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected hepatitis C due to an inadequate VA examination and medical opinions.
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