The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The veteran's combined rating is over 70 percent, meeting the schedular requirements for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability. However, there is no medical evidence that his service-connected disabilities alone are of such severity as to preclude him from obtaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive sleep apnea, Diabetes mellitus type II, Bilateral pes planus with bilateral bunionectomies and left plantar fasciitis, Cervical strain, Hypertension, Peripheral neuropathy of the left foot, Peripheral neuropathy of the right foot, Recurrent rhinitis, Recurrent pyrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- April 18, 2007
- Citation
- 0711413
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