The veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted with an effective date of February 18, 1988. The right lower extremity amputation and associated disabilities are also granted with an effective date of November 24, 1988.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was received on June 11, 1990. The earliest possible effective date is February 18, 1988, the date of receipt of his reopened claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Right leg disability, Right ankle disability, Amputation of right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0001762
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