The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including generalized anxiety disorder and GERD, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions, particularly his psychiatric disorders and physical impairments, have resulted in functional limitations that prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- generalized anxiety disorder, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), left hip labral tear, status post arthroscopy (flexion), left hip labral tear, status post arthroscopy (impairment), scar, right upper extremity, post-operative residuals of thrombophlebitis (painful), trigger finger, right hand, scar, right upper extremity, post-operative residuals of thrombophlebitis, left hip labral tear, status post arthroscopy (extension), scars, left hip associated with left hip labral tear, status post arthroscopy (flexion)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- May 16, 2024
- Citation
- A24025983
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What this means for you
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