The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: Multiple VA examiners have concluded that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, alone, do not prevent him from working in certain non-aggravating jobs.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic colitis with spastic colon, internal derangement, right knee, postoperative, with degenerative joint disease, status post right total knee arthroplasty, degenerative joint disease, status post left total knee replacement, dermatitis of the left thumb, residual scar, status post left total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- April 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1013823
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- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for dermatitis of the left thumb and chronic colitis with spastic colon, finding that the current ratings were appropriate based on the symptoms described by the veteran.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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