The Veteran's loss of use of both feet due to lower extremity peripheral vascular disease is granted at a 100 percent rating. The issue of entitlement to a TDIU rating is dismissed as moot, given the grant of a 100 percent rating for PVD. The Veteran's hidradenitis suppurativa remains rated at 60 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's loss of use of both feet due to lower extremity peripheral vascular disease was found to be severe enough to warrant a 100% disability rating, which is the maximum available under the applicable criteria. The issue of entitlement to a TDIU rating was dismissed as moot because the grant of a 100% rating for PVD rendered this lesser benefit unnecessary.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of both feet, hidradenitis suppurativa
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 8, 2022
- Citation
- 22039187
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