The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including obstructive sleep apnea with COPD and irritable bowel syndrome, have rendered him unable to maintain substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities, particularly his lumbar spine and right shoulder conditions, significantly impacted his ability to perform the physical demands of his previous job as a housekeeper.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with spastic colitis, gastritis, chronic enteritis, distal esophagitis, and partial hemicolectomy of the ascending colon, degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine, internal and external hemorrhoids, chronic upper respiratory infection (URI) with allergic rhinitis, fungus of toenails with tinea pedis, right acromioclavicular (AC) joint degenerative arthritis, tendonitis of the right wrist, right ankle sprain residuals, painful scars secondary to stomach surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- December 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19191957
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What this means for you
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