The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have precluded him from securing or following substantially gainful employment throughout the entire period on appeal, and the Board finds that he is entitled to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (right hip joint replacement, left hip joint replacement, right shoulder disability, back disability, muscle group residual shell fragment wound, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, bilateral tinnitus, residual scar right forearm, residual scar back, bilateral hearing loss, left hip surgical scar, and right hup surgical scar) have increasingly worsened over the years, resulting in significant limitations that prevent him from performing even sedentary work.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip joint replacement, left hip joint replacement, right shoulder disability, back disability, muscle group residual shell fragment wound, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, bilateral tinnitus, residual scar right forearm, residual scar back, bilateral hearing loss, left hip surgical scar, right hup surgical scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 8, 2022
- Citation
- 22013076
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