The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including back and lung injuries from shell fragment wounds in service, render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's multiple service-connected disabilities, particularly his back and lung conditions, prevent him from securing and following any form of substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- minimal pleuritis, residuals of a shell fragment wound to the abdomen with exploratory laparotomy and partial resection of the small bowel and subsequent lysis of adhesions causing intestinal obstruction, type II diabetes mellitus, chronic lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and localized arthritis, residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right arm, residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right forearm, residuals of a shell fragment wound to the posterior thorax and lumbar area
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1046511
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