The Board has determined that the appellant's service-connected left elbow disability does not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and thus denies his claim for a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record does not support the conclusion that the appellant's service-connected left elbow disability is the sole cause of his unemployment, given other nonservice-connected disabilities and lack of corroborating medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Left elbow disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0617415
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What this means for you
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