The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, Parkinson’s disease, and other conditions, preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment due to his education and occupational experience.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly his PTSD and Parkinson’s disease, severely impair his ability to perform physically demanding work, limiting his potential job opportunities to those requiring physical labor or fine motor skills.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, residuals of Parkinson’s disease with right upper extremity bradykinesia, mild tremor of the left upper extremity with bradykinesia, mild tremor of the right lower extremity with bradykinesia, mild tremor of the left lower extremity with bradykinesia, tinnitus, balance impairment, bilateral hearing loss, stricture of the esophagus and mild constipation, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- January 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19103710
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