The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including major depressive disorder with anxiety, left eye postoperative cataracts, left eye corneal edema, and left mandibular cystectomy residuals, are rated at 80 percent combined. The Board finds that these conditions render the Veteran unemployable due to their severity and impact on her ability to work.
The deciding factor: The service-connected disabilities have rendered the Veteran unable to participate in substantially gainful employment consistent with her education and experience.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with anxiety, left eye postoperative cataracts, left eye corneal edema, left mandibular cystectomy residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2017
- Citation
- 1754010
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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