The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unemployable, as his functional impairments are not severe enough to prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any significant functional impairment due to the Veteran’s service-connected conditions that would preclude him from engaging in sedentary work.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg length shortening, residuals, fracture, compound comminuted left tibia and fibula with artery involvement, residual, injury to scrotum and right thigh, right hip strain associated with residuals, fracture, compound comminuted left tibia and fibula with artery involvement, diabetes mellitus, type 2, osteoarthritis of the left knee associated with residuals, fracture, compound comminuted left tibia and fibula with artery involvement, right hip, limitation of flexion associated with residuals, fracture, compound comminuted left tibia and fibula with artery involvement, anterior left knee scar associated with residuals, fracture, compound comminuted left tibia and fibula with artery involvement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- July 12, 2018
- Citation
- 18118249
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