The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including psychiatric disability, reactive airway disease, and various musculoskeletal conditions, combine to a 70 percent rating. The Board finds that the Veteran is unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities, with all reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability specifically contemplates occupational impairment and he has severe symptoms including suicidal ideation, panic attacks, and difficulty identifying triggers. His other service-connected conditions also limit his ability to work due to pain, limited mobility, and environmental triggers.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability, reactive airway disease, pseudofolliculitis barbae, degenerative disc disease, left thumb and hand synovitis residuals, right medial epicondylitis residuals, right knee retropatellar pain syndrome residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2024
- Citation
- A24082035
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What this means for you
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