The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unemployable, and the Board has granted a TDIU based on this finding.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (Type II Diabetes Mellitus, mild peripheral arterial disease, and associated neuropathies) are found to be so severe that they preclude his ability to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Type II Diabetes Mellitus (DMII), Mild peripheral arterial disease, Peripheral neuropathy of each lower extremity, Peripheral neuropathy of each upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- September 28, 2016
- Citation
- 1638036
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- Denied
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