The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including cervical spine, lumbar spine, and right hip conditions, have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly his cervical spine, lumbar spine, and right hip conditions, cause significant physical and mental impairments that prevent him from performing the duties required for most jobs.
- Claimed conditions
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Major Depressive Disorder, Degenerative Disc Disease of the Cervical Spine, Right Upper Extremity Radiculopathy, Right Shoulder Acromioclavicular Joint Arthritis, Left Knee Chondromalacia, Right Knee Chondromalacia, Chronic Thoracolumbar Spine Strain, Status Post Right Fifth Metatarsal Fracture, Right Thumb Disability, Tinnitus, Right Lower Extremity Varicose Veins, Left Lower Extremity Varicose Veins, Status Post Right Orchiectomy with Residual Pain in the Right Groin, Right Hip Trochanter Bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- April 7, 2026
- Citation
- A26031922
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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