The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including cold injury of the bilateral feet and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. As such, he is granted total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, specifically his cold injury of the bilateral feet and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, have caused him to be unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury of the left foot, residuals of cold injury of the right foot, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve associated with residuals of cold injury of the left foot, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve associated with residuals of cold injury of the right foot, residuals of cold injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- February 24, 2022
- Citation
- 22010631
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- Granted
The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's residuals of cold injury to both feet, effective from August 27, 2015. The decision is based on the Veteran's symptoms including arthralgia or other pain, cold sensitivity, nail abnormalities, and locally impaired sensation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection for residuals of cold injury of the left foot. The issue of entitlement to service connection for a left foot disorder, other than cold injury residuals, will be the subject of a separate decision docketed at the Board.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and headaches secondary to hypertension, but denied service connection for other conditions due to lack of evidence or causal relationship.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, cold injury residuals, tinnitus, right ear hearing loss, and left ear hearing loss, make it impossible for him to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted the claim for TDIU.
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