The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and industrial background.
The deciding factor: VA medical examination found the Veteran to be unemployable due to mental impairments, specifically slow mentation and impaired memory, rather than any of his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- cystitis with urethral stricture and incontinence, subtotal gastric resection with Billroth gastroduodenostomy (for perforated ulcer), vitamin B-12 deficiency with rash/itching, epididymitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2009
- Citation
- 0944028
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's epididymitis was incurred during service and granted service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's effective date for a 40 percent disability rating for service-connected epididymitis, status post right hemiscrotal exploration, is granted as of June 21, 2019.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for SMC(k) based on loss of use of creative organ is granted effective June 1, 2016. The claim for additional SMC(k) benefits is denied as the Veteran is already in receipt of SMC(k).
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an effective date prior to December 7, 2015, for the award of service connection for varicocele and epididymitis has been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal request.
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