The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including chronic kidney disease and type II diabetes mellitus, have rendered him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment. The Board granted the TDIU based on the Veteran's unemployability due to his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities meet the schedular requirements for a TDIU as they result in a combined disability rating of 70 percent, and he is unable to obtain or retain substantially gainful employment due to his limitations imposed by these disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic kidney disease, diabetic neuropathy, erectile dysfunction, type II diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19180490
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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