The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to October 30, 2023.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Headaches, Hypertension, Residuals, right knee total replacement, Pseudofolliculitis barbae with facial scarring, Right knee subluxation/lateral instability, Duodenal ulcer, Left lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, femoral, Residual surgical scar, right knee, Linear scar, right knee, Degenerative arthritis with limitation of extension of the right knee, Right lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, Left lower extremity diabetic neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24063506
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and hypertension, to include as secondary to left orchiectomy, for further development in accordance with the PACT Act.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus, type II, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, hypertension, asthma/lung disease, vision disability, bilateral plantar fasciitis, leukocytosis, kidney disease/kidney stones, enlarged prostate, sleep apnea, rheumatoid arthritis, lumbar spine disability, right ankle disability, and left ankle disability.
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