The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has multiple service-connected disabilities, but his actual employment status is unclear due to lack of information provided by the Veteran regarding his income and expenses.
- Claimed conditions
- Pes planus, Mood disorder with depressive features and panic disorder, Pseudofolliculitis barbae, Right shoulder rotator cuff strain with bursitis, Tinnitus, Anosmia, Loss of taste, Sinusitis, Osteoarthritis of the left shoulder, Multiple scars of the left foot, Scars of the right shoulder, Multiple scars of the right leg, Soft tissue mass of the right middle finger, Status post left little toe fracture, Dry eye syndrome, Vertigo, Osteoma, left frontal sinus, Carpal tunnel, both hands and wrists
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19106626
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Decisions by this judge: 2,435 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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