The Veteran's multiple service-connected disabilities, including ischemic heart disease and varicose veins of the lower extremities, effectively preclude him from engaging in substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, standing alone, are of such severity as to prevent him from performing physical employment due to his bilateral varicose veins and IHD.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic heart disease (IHD), Unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, Varicose veins of the left lower extremity, Varicose veins of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- July 10, 2017
- Citation
- 1726256
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