The Board has granted a total disability rating for compensation based on individual unemployability due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, which include posttraumatic stress disorder, prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus type II, and peripheral neuropathy of multiple extremities.
The deciding factor: The combined rating of 90% from the service-connected conditions meets the threshold requirement for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a).
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Residuals of Prostate Cancer, Diabetes Mellitus type II, Peripheral Neuropathy of the Right Lower Extremity, Peripheral Neuropathy of the Left Lower Extremity, Peripheral Neuropathy of the Right Upper Extremity, Peripheral Neuropathy of the Left Upper Extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2013
- Citation
- 1312587
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