The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral lower extremity sciatic peripheral neuropathy, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), diabetes mellitus, and bilateral hearing loss, prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: Considering the significant limitations in his ability to walk and perform other physical duties due to service-connected disabilities, along with symptoms associated with irritability and difficulty hearing normal conversations, the Veteran's service-connected conditions prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24069712
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.
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