The veteran is granted a permanent and total disability rating for nonservice-connected disability pension benefits due to his advanced age and current level of disability, which render him permanently unemployable.
The deciding factor: The veteran's relatively advanced age and current level of disability render him permanently unemployable, meeting the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating for non-service-connected pension purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the knees, Right brachial plexus injury involving axillary and ulnar nerves (residual of gunshot wound injury), Residuals of a gunshot wound penetrating Muscle Group II and brachial plexus (claimed as right upper arm disability), Diffuse sensory neuropathy of the right upper extremity, Diffuse sensory neuropathy of the left upper extremity, Diffuse sensory neuropathy of the right lower extremity, Bronchial asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- May 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0816524
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Decisions by this judge: 1,582 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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