The appellant's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The appellant has multiple service-connected disabilities that preclude him from obtaining and maintaining employment due to his health conditions, including heart disease and PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Nephrectomy, left, residuals of shell fragment wound, splenectomy, residuals of shell fragment wound, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), coronary artery disease, status post myocardial infarction with coronary artery bypass associated with PTSD, tinnitus, residual scar associated with shell fragment wounds, right kidney compensatory hypertrophy associated with nephrectomy, left, residual of shell fragment wound, bilateral hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- May 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1019706
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