The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including diabetes and related peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, have rendered him unemployable. The Board granted a TDIU based on these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, primarily his diabetes and resulting peripheral neuropathies, have made it impossible for him to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Major upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, Bilateral peripheral lower extremity neuropathy (sciatic and femoral nerves), Diabetes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2020
- Citation
- A20018152
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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