The Veteran's combined rating for his service-connected disabilities was 80 percent, as of September 2, 2010. The Board finds that the most probative evidence of record demonstrates that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran is unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due solely to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities limit him in performing sedentary work, and he has no training beyond a high school education that would provide additional skills necessary to transition to such work.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II, bilateral diabetic retinopathy with cataracts, 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, atriial fibrillation, cerebrovascular accident
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2015
- Citation
- 1509363
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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.
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