The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (diabetes and prostate cancer) preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's urinary incontinence, diabetes, and other physical limitations make it impossible for him to engage in substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type 2, residuals of prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19107566
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type 2 and diabetic nephropathy (renal failure) as secondary to the Veteran's now service-connected hypertension and diabetes mellitus type 2, respectively.
- Dismissed
The appeal for entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is dismissed as moot due to the Veteran's 100 percent combined rating assigned for his service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of prostate cancer, finding no evidence that the Veteran's condition was related to his active military service or exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for higher ratings and earlier effective dates, except for an earlier effective date for service connection of lower extremity peripheral neuropathy.
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