The veteran's service-connected disabilities, with a combined rating of 70 percent disabling, render him unable to obtain or retain substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and work experience.
The deciding factor: Given the veteran's demonstrated 70% combined rating for service-connected disabilities and significant limitations in physical functioning due to these conditions, he is found unemployable for jobs consistent with his level of education.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2008
- Citation
- 0814825
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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