The evidence does not show that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities are of sufficient severity to preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran is currently unemployed due to his service-connected disabilities, but he has not demonstrated that these conditions alone prevent him from obtaining any form of substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound of the right leg with paralysis, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), residuals of a right tibia and fibula fracture with ankylosis and osteomyelitis, diabetes mellitus, residual scars from a shell fragment wound of the left upper and lower extremity and right upper thigh, residual scar of the left upper extremity, residual scar of the left lower extremity, diabetic nephropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- March 24, 2016
- Citation
- 1612013
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