The Veteran's service-connected neurogenic bladder disability causes an extraschedular impairment of average earning capacity that is equivalent to total impairment, and the Board has granted a 100 percent rating on an extraschedular basis.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows marked interference with employment due to the Veteran's service-connected neurogenic bladder disability, including frequent UTIs and inability to perform workplace activities.
- Claimed conditions
- Neurogenic Bladder Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1709609
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