The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, other than schizoaffective disorder, do not preclude him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (tinea cruris of the hands, feet, and groin, orchialgia/testicle pain due to epididymal cyst) are not severe enough to prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- tinea cruris of the hands, feet, and groin, orchialgia/testicle pain due to epididymal cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- May 3, 2017
- Citation
- 1714631
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