The veteran's service-connected disabilities alone do not render him unable to obtain or retain employment.
The deciding factor: The combined disability rating of 60% does not meet the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a fracture of the left tibia and fibula with arthralgia, osteomyelitis of the left leg, spinal canal stenosis from the L2-3 level, through the L4-5 level, degeneration of the posterior horn with instability of the right knee, residuals of a fracture of the right malleolus and left leg scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0628760
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,020 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran requires aid and attendance of another person due to his service-connected disabilities, resolving all doubts in favor of the veteran.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected disabilities are such as to satisfy the criteria for an award of special monthly compensation based on loss of use of the left foot. The veteran is also entitled to a total rating for compensation based upon individual unemployability on an extra-schedular basis.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an increased evaluation of 30 percent for osteomyelitis of the left leg, effective from when the claim was filed.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected osteomyelitis of the left leg does not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent, as it is inactive and there have been no active infections within the past five years. The residuals of a left ankle injury are also evaluated at 30 percent.
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