The veteran's disabilities, including moderate obstructive and mild restrictive lung disease and stage 1 hypertension, do not render him unemployable or permanently and totally disabled for the purpose of nonservice-connected pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The veteran is still employed as a farm laborer and tractor driver, and his combined disability rating does not meet the criteria for permanent and total disability for pension purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- mild restrictive lung disease, moderate obstructive lung disease, stage 1 hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2008
- Citation
- 0811893
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,645 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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