The Veteran's service-connected hearing loss has prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and the Board finds that his claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's high school education and apparent employment history in farming have been considered. The evidence regarding whether he would be able to secure and follow gainful employment has been found to be at least in equipoise with the medical opinions indicating substantial hearing loss that poses significant barriers to verbal or telephonic communication.
- Claimed conditions
- Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 5, 2018
- Citation
- 1800678
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