The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not preclude him from obtaining and retaining all forms of substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and work experience.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, while disabling, are not severe enough to prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriasis, degenerative disc disease lumbar spine status post laminectomy L4-5, degenerative disc disease cervical spine, tinnitus, degenerative joint disease right acromioclavicular joint, chronic right maxillary sinusitis, postoperative right thumb extensor tendon laceration repair, residuals, postoperative closed reduction and internal fixation of left first metacarpal fracture, patellofemoral syndrome, right knee, degenerative joint disease left great toe, hearing loss, bilateral, deviated nasal septum, hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1001467
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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