Van Hoose v. Brown

HOLDAWAY, Associate Judge:

Appellant, Willard Van Hoose, appeals an August 12, 1991, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board), which denied entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemploya-bility.

BACKGROUND

Appellant had active service from July 1941 to August 1945. In 1946, appellant received a 10% disability rating for service-connected pes planus. In 1965, appellant received a 10% disability rating for service-connected hearing loss. In 1967, appellant was forced to leave his job as a construction worker due to diabetes. He has been unemployed since…