The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment as of December 11, 2009. The Board granted a TDIU effective that date.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed the Veteran required insulin for his diabetes and was no longer qualified to drive due to this condition, which precluded him from performing his previous occupation as a truck driver.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound of the left leg, shell fragment wound of the right leg, diabetes mellitus with bilateral diabetic retinopathy and cortical cataracts, peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, residual left thumb scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 24, 2016
- Citation
- 1612055
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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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