The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy, are presumed to have been incurred in service. The Board finds that the Veteran is unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy, render him unable to engage in substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, cervical spine spondylosis with degenerative disc disease, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, status-post open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) of the left ankle, raticulopathy of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2016
- Citation
- 1604267
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