The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, along with other service-connected conditions, has resulted in a 40 percent disability rating. The Board also granted the Veteran's claim for TDIU due to his inability to secure and maintain gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including diabetes mellitus, have rendered him unable to engage in substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy (left upper extremity), peripheral neuropathy (right upper extremity), peripheral neuropathy (right lower extremity), peripheral neuropathy (left lower extremity), right ankle degenerative joint disease, left ankle degenerative joint disease, tinnitus, impotence, sinusitis and allergic rhinitis, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- September 28, 2009
- Citation
- 0936649
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