The Veteran is granted an earlier effective date of September 3, 2020 for individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him incapable of securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment since September 3, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Coronary Artery Disease, Type II Diabetes Mellitus, Tinnitus, Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, Right Upper Extremity Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, Left Upper Extremity Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, Right Lower Extremity Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, Left Lower Extremity Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, High Frequency Hearing Loss (left ear), Erectile Dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- February 25, 2026
- Citation
- A26017277
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is secondary to his service-connected major depressive disorder, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
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