The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including diabetic retinopathy, diabetes mellitus type 2, and bilateral peripheral neuropathy, are found to be so severe that they prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render his ability to work physically impossible due to bilateral peripheral neuropathy, which also affects his hearing and eye conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic retinopathy, diabetes mellitus, type 2, bilateral peripheral neuropathy, sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19194215
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What this means for you
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