The Veteran's service-connected anxiety reaction and postoperative abdominal scar, left axilla prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation. The Board granted the claim for Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected anxiety reaction precluded him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety reaction, Postoperative abdominal scar, left axilla
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18120532
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