The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployment due to his service-connected disabilities, which prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including osteoarthritis with gout and hypertension, significantly impair his ability to work, making it impossible for him to obtain and retain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2022
- Citation
- 22000640
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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