The veteran's claim for service connection for urethral stricture was not reopened, but a 10 percent rating was granted under 38 C.F.R. § 3.324 for multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities that interfere with normal employability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not provide a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for urethral stricture, but it showed that the veteran's noncompensable disabilities interfered with his employment to an extent warranting a 10 percent rating under 38 C.F.R. § 3.324.
- Claimed conditions
- urethral stricture (claimed as urine retention), sarcoidosis with chest pain, residual scarring of the chest
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 30, 2009
- Citation
- 0903298
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Decisions by this judge: 1,613 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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