The Veteran is granted nonservice-connected pension benefits due to his terminal lung cancer and left foot ulcer, which prevent him from obtaining gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's severe lung cancer and significant limitations on sitting and standing prevented him from obtaining or retaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- lung nodules, left foot ulcer, terminal metastatic lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20004885
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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