The Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) since October 29, 2012. The right ear hearing loss disability was not referred for an extraschedular evaluation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him incapable of securing and following substantially gainful employment due to the combined effects of his conditions including diabetes mellitus, diabetic neuropathy, coronary artery disease, lumbar disability, hypertension, cerebrovascular accident residuals, erectile dysfunction, and right ear hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ear hearing loss, Diabetes mellitus, Left upper extremity diabetic neuropathy, Right upper extremity diabetic neuropathy, Left lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, Right lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, Coronary artery disease, Lumbar disability, Hypertension, Residuals of cerebrovascular accident, Erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19102027
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions.
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