The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have not rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran’s service-connected conditions render him unemployable, despite his reported symptoms and history of hospitalizations.
- Claimed conditions
- Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID), Respiratory Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19129140
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied initial ratings in excess of the assigned percentages for OSA, hypertension, allergic rhinitis, and irritable colon syndrome. Service connection was also denied for chronic fatigue syndrome and a respiratory disorder.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) was granted. The claims for respiratory disorder and an earlier effective date for allergic rhinitis were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depressive disorder, and schizophrenia, as well as an ulcer disorder with gastritis. The respiratory disorder claim was remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to service connection for OSA, GERD, a headache disorder, a skin disorder, and a respiratory disorder due to lack of adequate opinions addressing the etiology of these conditions. The Veteran's reports of continuity of symptoms since service are considered.
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