The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine and right acetabulum fracture residuals, are found to be sufficiently severe to preclude him from all forms of substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone would likely prevent him from engaging in manual labor, which is consistent with his work history.
- Claimed conditions
- simple fracture of the right acetabulum with degenerative joint disease of the hip, status postoperative removal of metallic foreign body from left frontal ethmoid sinus with residual sinusitis, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, residuals of simple fracture of the left transverse sacrum, laceration of the left index finger, stab wound scar on the back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 11, 2012
- Citation
- 1224057
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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