The Board found that the veteran did not meet the criteria for vocational rehabilitation training under Chapter 31, Title 38, United States Code due to his employment history and lack of an identifiable employment handicap caused by service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran had a stable work history and sufficient education to qualify for suitable employment consistent with his abilities, aptitudes, and interests.
- Claimed conditions
- limitation of motion of the left ankle, residuals of a right wrist fracture, residuals of a healed fracture of the left tibia with internal derangement of the left knee, status post partial meniscectomy with traumatic arthritis, residuals of a chip fracture of the left humerus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2007
- Citation
- 0715829
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, including knee pain, back pain, and anxiety disorder.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied as she failed to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for increased disability ratings for diabetes mellitus II and residuals of a right wrist fracture, resulting in the dismissal of these claims.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of May 2, 2000 for the award of increased disability ratings for bilateral ankle disabilities on the basis of new and material evidence. The Veteran's right and left ankle disabilities were found to have met criteria for increased ratings as of May 2, 2000.
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