The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from engaging in all types of substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational background.
The deciding factor: VA examinations have shown the veteran is capable of performing sedentary work, given his educational background and ability to manage his back pain.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine disability with a history of lumbar disc herniation, left ankle injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0630884
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for a left wrist fracture, left ankle injury, and right-hand little finger fracture.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a left ankle injury and a rating in excess of 10 percent for a right ankle strain, and remanded the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted a TDIU based on his lumbosacral strain and an additional service-connected disability rated at least 60 percent disabling. The Veteran also qualifies for SMC under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) due to his single total disability rating.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service-connected thoracolumbar degenerative joint disease and left ankle injury are rated at 10% and 20%, respectively, prior to September 18, 2019. After that date, the rating for back condition is increased to 20%. Service connection for hypertension was granted as secondary to service-connected conditions.
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