The Board has remanded both the TDIU and increased rating claims for right leg amputation due to inextricability, and for referral of the TDIU claim to VA's Chief Benefits Director or the Director of Compensation Service.
The deciding factor: The claims are intertwined as they pertain to the Veteran's unemployability and his service-connected disability. The TDIU claim requires consideration of whether the Veteran is unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation due to service-connected disabilities, including the right leg amputation.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg below the knee amputation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2024
- Citation
- A24075157
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Decisions by this judge: 1,874 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including coronary artery disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, chronic kidney failure, right leg amputation, and various peripheral neuropathies, have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment since March 4, 2011. The effective date for TDIU is set at this date.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for diabetes mellitus and related secondary conditions due to insufficient evidence regarding herbicide exposure during service. The claims are inextricably intertwined with the primary issue of service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected conditions require him to need regular aid and attendance, thus he is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) for aid and attendance.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected Hailey-Hailey disease was a contributing factor to his right leg below the knee amputation, and thus secondary service connection for this condition is granted.
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