The Veteran's service-connected right lower extremity neuropathy renders him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and he is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy causes significant impairment that prevents him from performing the physical and mental acts required by employment, particularly as a school bus driver.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24069408
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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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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