The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including coronary artery disease and poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, have rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment since November 1, 2010. The Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's education, work history, and physical limitations resulting from his service-connected disabilities made it impossible for him to perform the physical demands of his previous job as an auto mechanic, leading to his inability to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment since November 1, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease (CAD), Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus type 2, Peripheral neuropathy of the right and left upper extremities and right and left lower extremities, secondary to diabetes mellitus, Tinnitus, Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20003335
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