The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including chronic kidney disease with hypertension and hairy cell leukemia, do not preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment. The Board denied the claim for a TDIU.
The deciding factor: No single service-connected disability other than chronic kidney disease with hypertension has been sufficient to preclude employment during the period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic kidney disease with hypertension, hairy cell leukemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2023
- Citation
- 23057332
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