The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including diabetes and peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, have rendered him unemployable due to physical limitations and functional impairments. His claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has multiple service-connected disabilities that limit his ability to engage in substantially gainful employment, including diabetes and peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities which cause numbness and pain.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_code":"diabetes mellitus type ii with hypertension and erectile dysfunction","code":"7913"}, {"condition_code":"peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity of the sciatic nerve","code":"8520"}, {"condition_code":"peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity of the sciatic nerve","code":"8520"}, {"condition_code":"peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity","code":"8515"}, {"condition_code":"peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity","code":"8515"}, {"condition_code":"bilateral hearing loss","code":"6100"}, {"condition_code":"tinnitus","code":"6260"}, {"condition_code":"peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity of the femoral nerve","code":"8526"}, {"condition_code":"peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity of the femoral nerve","code":"8526"}, {"condition_code":"noncompensable skin cancer","code":"7818"}, {"condition_code":"noncompensable peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity of the obturatur nerve","code":"8528"}, {"condition_code":"noncompensable peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity of the obturatur nerve","code":"8528"}, {"condition_code":"noncompensable peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity of the cutaneous nerve","code":"8529"}, {"condition_code":"noncompensable peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity of the cutaneous nerve","code":"8529"}, {"condition_code":"noncompensable peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity of the ilio-inguinal nerve","code":"8530"}, {"condition_code":"noncompensable peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity of the ilio-inguinal nerve","code":"8530"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- October 18, 2022
- Citation
- A22020957
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