The Veteran is granted a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective March 17, 2017 due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including left and right knee joint replacements, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction, diabetic neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, and tinnitus, are found to be of such severity that they preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee joint replacement, right knee joint replacement, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, diabetes mellitus (with erectile dysfunction), diabetic neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- May 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19138275
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, arthritis, and memory loss. The decision found no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connected. The issues of foot disability and cardiovascular disorder are remanded for additional development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
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