The veteran's claim for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes was denied as he is not found to be unemployable due to his diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the veteran's diabetes mellitus rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, despite some functional limitations.
- Claimed conditions
- noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2002
- Citation
- 0215660
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