The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board grants a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities include specific phobia, anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, residual of snake bite with neuropathy, and right lateral calf scar. These conditions result in occupational impairment that prevents him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Specific phobia, animal type, Anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified, Depressive disorder, not otherwise specified, Residual of snake bite of the right leg with neuropathy of the right internal popliteal nerve, Right lateral calf scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- August 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18124404
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What this means for you
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