The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not demonstrate that the Veteran is rendered unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment as a result of his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- persistent depressive disorder, ulcerative colitis, left lower extremity radiculopathy, hypertension, bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, tinnitus, left hip greater trochanteric bursitis, scoliosis of the lumbar spine, hemorrhoids, left orchalgia status post left inguinal hernia repair, abdominal surgical scars secondary to left inguinal hernia, migraine headaches, left hip greater trochanteric bursitis with limited flexion, chronic sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20074123
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 112 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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