The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including a right femoral artery pseudoaneurysm, prevent him from obtaining or retaining substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted a TDIU rating based on this finding.
The deciding factor: The severity of the veteran's right femoral artery pseudoaneurysm affects his ability to work and do activities, preventing him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- duodenal ulcer, scar from gunshot wound to the head, right femoral artery pseudoaneurysm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- October 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0631784
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the August 2023 rating decision.
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