The Veteran's diabetes is rated at 40 percent disabling for the entire period on appeal. The Board also granted a TDIU rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that the Veteran’s diabetes required more than one daily injection of insulin, restricted diet, and regulation of activities, warranting a 40% disability rating. His service-connected disabilities made him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, qualifying for TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, type II, Bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, Left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, Right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- August 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19165796
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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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