The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment. The Board denied the claim for TDIU as his unemployment is not due to his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has a combined rating of 70% for his service-connected disabilities, which meets the schedular criteria under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a). However, his symptoms do not preclude him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment due to his skill in using a computer.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus, residual scars associated with prostatectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19165848
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including prostate cancer and related disabilities, urinary incontinence, sleep apnea, hypertension, varicose veins, lumbar spine disability, hip arthritis, shoulder arthritis, ankle arthritis, knee strain, knee replacement, and hand arthritis. The only condition granted was a 10 percent rating for a fracture of the right proximal first metacarpal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, related to in-service exposures at Camp Lejeune.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and diabetes mellitus to obtain further medical opinions regarding their potential relationship to toxic exposures during active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is granted an effective date of April 25, 2014, for service connection for prostate cancer.
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