The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including coronary artery disease, depressive disorder, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, diabetes mellitus, tinnitus, and bilateral hearing loss, are found to be severe enough to prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment. As a result, his claim for TDIU is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have been shown to severely impact his ability to perform physical tasks required by employment, leading to unemployability.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, depressive disorder, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the lower right extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the lower left extremity, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- March 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19115872
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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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