The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, primarily orthopedic in nature, render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (primarily orthopedic) are found to be disabling enough to prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a gunshot wound of the right chest, adhesive capsulitis of the right shoulder with impingement syndrome, status post soft tissue injury of the left thigh with femoral nerve involvement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 18, 2009
- Citation
- 0947965
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What this means for you
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