Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to November [REDACTED], 2019. The decision was based on evidence showing that the veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Board found no functional impairment caused by the Veteran's tinnitus, hearing loss, diabetic complications, or left ring finger amputation that would preclude gainful employment in law enforcement prior to November [REDACTED], 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity (LLE) sciatic peripheral neuropathy, LLE femoral peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity (RLE) sciatic peripheral neuropathy, RLE femoral peripheral neuropathy, tinnitus, hearing loss, diabetic complications, left ring finger amputation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25001355
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