The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including left lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease, right lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMII), and various diabetic neuropathies, have rendered him unemployable due to his inability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including multiple types of peripheral vascular disease and diabetic neuropathy, preclude him from engaging in any substantial gainful employment given his educational background and previous occupational history.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease, right lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMII), left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy based upon the sciatic nerve, right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy based upon the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy based upon the anterior crural nerve, right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy based upon the anterior crural nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19187441
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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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, type II, left eye diabetic retinopathy, left foot diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right foot diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and coronary artery disease, as well as the Veteran's cause of death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for coronary artery disease to correct duty to assist errors, as there are no adequate medical opinions of record.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease, vascular headaches, and cerebrovascular accident with left eye vision problem rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment from April 1, 2015 to May 28, 2018.
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