The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral inguinal hernias and painful scar tissue associated with them, render him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities limit his ability to stand for more than five minutes and cause difficulties in sitting, which precludes both sedentary and physical labor.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral inguinal hernias, painful scar tissue associated with bilateral inguinal hernias, neuralgia of the ilio-inguinal nerve, left great toe disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18108880
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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