The veteran's service-connected cold injury residuals are of such nature and severity as to prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, warranting a TDIU rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities (cold injury residuals) cause his inability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- December 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0637178
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,458 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all issues to correct errors in assisting the veteran, including obtaining missing records.
- Granted
The Veteran's request to reopen claims for back pain and cold injury residuals of the extremities is granted. The issue of service connection for cold injury residuals of the extremities is remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for cold injury residuals of the right upper extremity is being remanded due to inadequate VA examination and duty to assist errors. The Board will obtain a new VA opinion to address the etiology of his claimed symptoms.
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