The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that her service-connected conditions did not prevent her from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran had maintained employment with accommodations despite her service-connected disabilities, indicating she was capable of performing medium work duties.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, headaches, allergic conjunctivitis, dry eye syndrome, and blepharochalasis, lumbosacral strain and intervertebral disc syndrome, right hip strain (pain), right knee strain, left knee strain, bilateral tinnitus, left hip strain (pain), right hip strain (limitation of extension), left hip strain (limitation of extension), left hip strain (limitation of abduction, adduction, internal rotation, and rotation), right hip strain (limitation of abduction, adduction, internal rotation, and rotation), left ear hearing loss, chronic sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, irritable bowel syndrome, dysuria, urinary urgency, contact dermatitis of the neck, fingers, and buttocks
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2024
- Citation
- A24085753
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