The Board has determined that the effective date for the award of a total rating based on individual unemployability is December 12, 1996. This decision was made because there is evidence showing an increase in disability related to the service-connected left leg condition as it relates to the veteran's ability to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The effective date of the award was determined based on the earliest date that it is factually ascertainable that an increase in disability occurred, consistent with the veteran's inability to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- thrombophlebitis left lower leg, pulmonary vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- August 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0023264
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