The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment consistent with his level of education and occupational experience, and the Board finds that he is unemployable due to these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (traumatic arthritis, lumbosacral spine, sciatic nerve involvement, residual surgical scar, and erectile dysfunction) restrict his physical activity and limit his ability to perform physical activities necessary for employment, making him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic arthritis, Lumbosacral spine (status post surgery at L5-S1), Sciatic nerve involvement of intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) of the left lower extremity with left ankle weakness associated, Residual surgical scar, Erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 16, 2017
- Citation
- 1704778
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