The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, as his medical examinations indicate he can perform sedentary work.
The deciding factor: The clinical evidence indicates that the Veteran's specific disabilities do not prevent him from obtaining and retaining substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- right heel achilles tendonitis, right lower extremity chronic neuropathy and tarsal tunnel syndrome with severe atrophy of the plantar muscles of the right foot, right hip strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23001515
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,948 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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