The Veteran has a combined rating of 80% for service-connected disabilities and is employed in suitable employment, thus meeting the criteria to deny his request for VA vocational rehabilitation benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's employment as a logistics management specialist at TACOM demonstrates that he can maintain suitable employment despite his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder, Thoracic Degenerative Disc Disease with Dextroscoliosis, Post-inflammatory Hyperpigmentation of Lumbar and Left Upper Thigh Areas, Bilateral Plantar Fasciitis, Calcaneal Spurs, Bilateral Degenerative Arthritis and Gout of 1st Metatarsophalangeal Joints, Hypertension, Internal Hemorrhoids, Erectile Dysfunction, Bilateral 1st and 5th Toe Onychomycosis, Tension Headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- November 15, 2012
- Citation
- 1239080
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- Granted
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