The Board finds that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and thus denies his claim for TDIU.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of balloon dilations of the esophagus, scar of the right elbow, scar of the right side of the head
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 31, 2016
- Citation
- 1613214
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