The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to October 1, 2016.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation during the period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder with memory loss, scars, right foot and ankle, scars, neck and inner thighs, right ankle degenerative disease, pes planus, right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 20, 2023
- Citation
- 23003679
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