The veteran's service-connected somatoform pain disorder of the feet and his nonservice-connected HIV disability do not render him unemployable, thus he is denied a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes.
The deciding factor: The veteran has a history of gainful employment throughout the appeal period, which outweighs his service-connected and nonservice-connected disabilities in determining that he can maintain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Somatoform pain disorder of the feet, HIV
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 14, 2007
- Citation
- 0714162
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- Granted
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- Denied
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