The veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and maintaining gainful employment, warranting a TDIU rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities (cold injury residuals of the right foot with peripheral vascular disease, cold injury residuals of the left foot with peripheral vascular disease, and residuals of a left leg injury) are significant enough to prevent him from obtaining or maintaining employment.
- Claimed conditions
- cold injury residuals of the right foot with peripheral vascular disease, cold injury residuals of the left foot with peripheral vascular disease, residuals of a left leg injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 26, 2003
- Citation
- 0303299
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Decisions by this judge: 685 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board has denied service connection for residuals of a left leg injury but remanded the claim for residuals of a right leg injury. The evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran was diagnosed with residuals of a left leg injury related to service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of residuals from a left leg injury has been dismissed due to the death of the appellant.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's residuals of a left leg injury, finding that these residuals had their onset in service and are related to his active duty.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a VA examination and additional medical records. The Veteran's claim for service connection for left leg injury residuals is still pending.
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