The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including his anxiety disorder and physical disabilities such as knee pain and shoulder impingement syndrome, have rendered him unable to obtain or maintain gainful employment. The Board has granted a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to these service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions, particularly his anxiety disorder and multiple physical disabilities, have caused significant functional impairment that prevents him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with anxious mood, impingement syndrome of the bilateral shoulders, osteoarthritis (OA) of the lumbar spine, bilateral plantar fasciitis, degenerative arthritis of the bilateral elbows, degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the bilateral ankles, mild degenerative joint disease of the bilateral knees, second degree burn scars, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), noncompensable hemorrhoids and bilateral shoulder scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- September 10, 2018
- Citation
- 18133338
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The appeals regarding the evaluation of bilateral plantar fasciitis and residuals of fractures of the second, fourth, and fifth left toes, as well as the evaluation of bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy with loss of use, are dismissed as untimely.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to an inadequate VA medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's bilateral plantar fasciitis and his service. The Veteran is seeking service connection for this condition.
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