The veteran's unemployability is a result of functional impairment due solely to his service-connected disabilities, and the Board has granted entitlement to TDIU.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran was unable to obtain and retain substantial, gainful employment due to PTSD, which is considered a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- disfiguring scars of the right face, right neck, adherent tracheostomy with bilateral facial nerve paresis, status post right mandibular fracture and probable coronoid process fracture, neuropathy of the left upper extremity, residuals of a fracture of the right maxilla, with loss of anterior and lateral maxillary sinus walls, right ear deafness, left lower extremity neuropathy, amputation of the distal phalanx of the left ring finger, with retained foreign bodies of the left little finger, residuals of perforation of the right tympanic membrane
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0836317
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's bilateral lower and upper extremity neuropathies, finding that they are related to his in-service herbicide exposure (Agent Orange).
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for left hip arthritis, right hip arthritis, type II diabetes, right lower extremity neuropathy, left lower extremity neuropathy, and sleep apnea as they have become service-connected in other rating decisions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has identified issues for remand related to service connection claims and effective date determinations. The appellant's appeal includes multiple conditions, including a headache disability, left ankle and foot disabilities, low back disability, knee degenerative joint disease (DJD), neuropathy, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.,The Board is directed to address the issues of service connection for these conditions and determine appropriate effective dates.
- Granted
The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type 2 and associated neuropathy in both upper and lower extremities are granted with a 60 percent disability rating, effective October 21, 2019.
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