The Veteran's combined service-connected disabilities, including his newly service-connected depression, are found to be sufficiently severe as to prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's multiple service-connected disabilities, without regard to other factors such as age and non-service-connected conditions, render him unemployable due to their combined effect on his occupational functioning.
- Claimed conditions
- Type II Diabetes Mellitus, Peripheral Neuropathy (right upper extremity), Peripheral Neuropathy (left upper extremity), Peripheral Neuropathy (right lower extremity), Peripheral Neuropathy (left lower extremity), Diabetic Retinopathy, Erectile Dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- January 13, 2014
- Citation
- 1401724
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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
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Type II Diabetes Mellitus, Bilateral Lower Extremity Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (Sciatic Nerve), Erectile Dysfunction, and Bladder Cancer in remission. Effective dates have been set for these awards as of July 14, 2004. The Veteran's claim for higher initial disability ratings and earlier effective dates are being remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is found to have had its onset during service, and the Board grants service connection for this condition.
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