The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual employability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that his service-connected conditions do not prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding of unemployability solely due to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral foot calluses and recurrent epistaxis, as he is capable of performing sedentary work.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot calluses, recurrent epistaxis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2021
- Citation
- 21032157
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's May 2020 substantive appeal was accepted as timely and valid.,Specially adapted housing assistance is granted due to the Veteran's service-connected Meniere's disease.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for eye condition, recurrent epistaxis, and respiratory disorder (chronic strep throat and sore throat) and asthma. The Board found that there is no evidence linking these conditions to her military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a VA addendum opinion to determine if the Veteran's bilateral pes planus and bilateral foot calluses are related to his service.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election of review options.
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