The Veteran's service-connected disabilities of the right eye, left hand and left arm are found to likely prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The combined impact of the service-connected right eye enucleation, residuals of gunshot wound of the left hand, and residual scar of the gunshot wound of the left hand prevented the Veteran from obtaining and retaining substantially gainful employment when his education and work background are considered.
- Claimed conditions
- enucleation of the right eye, residuals of gunshot wound of the left hand, residual scar of the gunshot wound of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 20, 2014
- Citation
- 1428036
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records related to whether the Veteran was required to pay for his medical expenses while incarcerated. The VA needs to obtain non-medical evidence from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and other entities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the case to obtain records from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections regarding the Veteran's medical expenses and whether he had been required to pay out-of-pocket for his service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied an effective date before November 7, 2003 for the grant of nonservice-connected pension and a rating higher than 40 percent for enucleation of the right eye. The case is being remanded to obtain VA records from Dr. Clearihue's treatment in Los Angeles.
- Denied
The Board found that the evidence submitted since the previous denials was new but not material, as it did not show a relationship between the enucleation of the right eye and service.
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