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The VA denied the veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that his conditions do not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.

The deciding factor: The VA found that while the veteran has multiple service-connected disabilities, none of them alone preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment. The VA also noted that the veteran's unemployability is due to nonservice-connected arthritis affecting his upper extremities.

Claimed conditions
incomplete paralysis of the left sciatic nerve, shell fragment wound of the left buttock (Muscle Group XVII) extending to the thigh posteriorly, scars involving the lateral aspect of the left leg, right thigh, and buttock, right scapular scars, residuals of a shell fragment wound of the right foot, residuals of a shell fragment wound involving the bladder
How they argued it
Direct service connection
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
70%
Decision date
November 15, 2007
Citation
0735987

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