The Board found that the Veteran was not unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation by reason of his service-connected disabilities prior to July 11, 2019.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not persuasively weigh against finding that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation prior to December 29, 2016. He was employed as a chief physician assistant until this date.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of compression fracture of L-3 with lumbar disc (lumbar spine disability), scars slightly disfiguring under lower lip and mid chin (lip and chin scars), right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, residuals of dislocated right impingement (right shoulder disability), Grave's disease, loss of teeth upper jaw and lower jaw (loss of teeth), residual postoperative scar of the lower back (lower back scar), scar of left upper eyelid (eyelid scar)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25007933
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,911 · Granted: 10% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals were dismissed due to the death of the appellant. The issues related to service connection for various conditions and disability ratings.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy and denied the claims for right knee disability, erectile dysfunction, GERD, sleep apnea, and hypertension. The decision is remanded for further action on these issues.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for middle and index trigger finger/stenosing tenosynovitis of the right hand, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The earliest effective date is June 30, 2012, for the right hand condition and April 22, 2016, for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have left lower extremity radiculopathy or any related symptoms causing impairment in earning capacity during the appeal period, and therefore service connection for this condition is denied.
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