Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing or following substantially gainful occupation, so he was granted total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic nephropathy, diabetes mellitus, type 2, bilateral hearing loss, chronic pruritis of legs and hands, tinnitus, atherosclerotic cardiac disease, diabetic retinopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005660
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