The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, coronary artery disease, ischemic heart disease, tinnitus, and bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. The Board finds that he meets the requirements for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, coronary artery disease, ischemic heart disease, tinnitus, and bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, are of sufficient severity to preclude him from obtaining and maintaining all forms of substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), coronary artery disease, ischemic heart disease, tinnitus, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2020
- Citation
- A20015655
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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