The Veteran's appeal involves multiple issues, including service connection for various conditions and evaluations of his disabilities. The Board has determined that additional examinations are needed to properly assess the nature and etiology of these claims.
The deciding factor: Additional medical examination is required as the current evidence does not provide sufficient information to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions, including service connection for left shoulder impingement syndrome, left ankle disability, right shoulder impingement syndrome, left knee patellofemoral dysfunction, right knee patellofemoral dysfunction, and hemorrhoids.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar Spine Disc Disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19106777
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him substantially confined to his dwelling, the immediate premises, a ward or clinical area of an institution due to a service-connected condition. He does not have one disability that is rated as totally disabling and an additional disability or disabilities that are independently rated or ratable as at least 60 percent disabling.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, IBS, gout, tinnitus, lumbar spine disc disease, and a right shoulder disability, have led to significant employment challenges. The proposed vocational rehabilitation plan does not include obtaining a Master’s Degree as it is deemed not reasonably feasible given the Veteran's current circumstances.
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