The Veteran's appeal was timely filed, but the criteria for establishing entitlement to vocational rehabilitation benefits pursuant to Chapter 31 of Title 38, United States Code, have not been met.
The deciding factor: The effects of an employability impairment have been overcome, and the Veteran does not have a service-connected disability rated at 20 percent or more that contributes in substantial part to the overall vocational impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, Posttraumatic headaches, Degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, Tinnitus, Limitation of motion of the cervical spine, Traumatic arthritis of the thoracic spine, Bilateral hearing loss (non-compensable)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 3, 2010
- Citation
- 1007958
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder as secondary to hypertension and tinnitus, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an increased rating for hypertension.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD was granted a maximum disability rating of 100 percent effective December 12, 2022. The ratings for migraines and IBS with GERD were restored from noncompensable to their previous levels.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but remanded the claim for degenerative disc disease with degenerative arthritis.
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