Granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, effective August 22, 2024.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected Parkinson's disease and diabetes mellitus type II, along with their complications, prevented him from maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson's disease, Diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction, Left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, Right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, Difficulty chewing and swallowing associated with Parkinson's disease, Cognitive impairment associated with Parkinson's disease, Right side speech changes associated with Parkinson's disease, Left side speech changes associated with Parkinson's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100310
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