The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from performing gainful employment for which his education and occupational experience would otherwise qualify him, warranting a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (laceration of the right little finger with ankylosis, residual painful scar of right little finger laceration surgeries, and donor site scars of the mid and proximal forearm) preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment due to his limited education and occupational experience.
- Claimed conditions
- laceration of the right little finger with ankylosis, residual painful scar of right little finger laceration surgeries, donor site scars of the mid and proximal forearm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- June 23, 2016
- Citation
- 1625414
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