The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and he is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined service-connected disabilities significantly impair his ability to work due to physical limitations and health issues.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction, Charcot joint right ankle bimalleolar fracture and achilles contracture associated with diabetes mellitus type II, Charcot joint right foot associated with diabetes mellitus type II, diabetic nephropathy with stage 3 chronic kidney disease associated with diabetes mellitus type II, right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve associated with diabetes mellitus type II, left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve associated with diabetes mellitus type II, noncompensable disabilities of cataracts associated with diabetes mellitus type II and hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099617
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 696 · Granted: 63% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbar spine condition, including bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy and right shoulder condition but denied earlier effective dates for the claims of entitlement to an earlier effective date for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity, sciatic nerve, and peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity, sciatic nerve.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including peripheral neuropathy and diabetes, have been found to preclude him from securing and maintaining all forms of substantially gainful employment.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction, granted a separate initial rating of 10 percent for diabetic dermopathy, and granted a separate initial rating of 30 percent for chronic kidney disease. The higher initial rating for bilateral hearing loss was also denied.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for coronary artery disease and diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction but remanded claims related to ulcerations secondary to DMII, total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits.
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