The Veteran's service-connected kidney disability does not prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected kidney disability is rated at 60% disabling, which meets the schedular percentage criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability. However, there is no evidence in the record that his service-connected disability precludes him from obtaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- right pyelolithotomy, renal lithiasis, pyelonephritis, left pyelolithiasis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2012
- Citation
- 1216108
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Denied
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