The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment as of May 16, 2016. An effective date of May 16, 2016 is granted for TDIU.
The deciding factor: Medical records indicate the Veteran’s service-connected disabilities resulted in functional limitations and prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation as of May 16, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, peripheral neuropathy of the right and left upper extremities, peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities, bilateral pes planus, diabetes mellitus type II, left and right hallux valgus, scar, residual of coronary artery bypass surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- A19003035
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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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