The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions found that the veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Left femur fracture with shortening and loss of motion, Left ankle disability, Scar of the left thigh, Right os calcis fracture, Bilateral otitis externa, Fracture of the left wrist, Hammertoes of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- September 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0628795
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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