The Veteran is unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment as a result of his service-connected disabilities, and the Board finds that he meets the criteria for TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions, particularly his ischemic heart disease and right wrist degenerative joint disease, render him unemployable due to their impact on his ability to perform physical labor and withstand stress.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic Heart Disease, Right Median Neuropathy, Diabetes Mellitus type II with Erectile Dysfunction, Right Wrist Degenerative Joint Disease, Peripheral Neuropathy, Left Lower Extremity, Peripheral Neuropathy, Right Lower Extremity, Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- October 7, 2015
- Citation
- 1543043
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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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