The Board has determined that the Veteran meets the criteria for VR&E benefits, other than employment services, to include training in pursuit of a career as an attorney. The decision is based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and his vocational goal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's multiple service-connected disabilities make it difficult for him to obtain suitable employment consistent with his abilities, aptitudes, and interests. His vocational goal of obtaining a Juris Doctor in order to pursue a career practicing criminal law for the State Attorney's Office is reasonably feasible.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified anxiety disorder, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, left shoulder degenerative changes, right and left knee tendonitis, right and left elbow epicondylitis, limitation of flexion, supination, and pronation, tinnitus, degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine, right and left foot hallux valgus, Allergic rhinitis, Onychomycosis, Surgical scars of the left shoulder and right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- October 26, 2021
- Citation
- A21017310
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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.
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