The appellant's service-connected disabilities, including below-the-knee amputation of the left lower extremity and other conditions, are being reviewed to determine if they preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantial gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner will assess whether the appellant’s service-connected disabilities combine to prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- below-the-knee amputation of the left lower extremity, slight limitation of motion of the left knee, scar of the chin, scars of the left forearm, left thigh, and abdomen
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0617080
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Decisions by this judge: 952 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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