The Veteran's service-connected post-gastrectomy syndrome is of such severity that it prevents him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, warranting a total disability rating for individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined the Veteran's ability to work was not related to his gastritis, which is rated at 60 percent under the schedular criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- post-gastrectomy syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2013
- Citation
- 1304446
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