The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including diabetes and diabetic neuropathy, prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation, thus granting a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows the Veteran experiences significant physical limitations that preclude him from working in his former occupation as a flooring installer or other similar professions.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, Bilateral lower/upper extremity neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25028817
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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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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