The veteran's death was due to his service-connected disabilities, and he would have been entitled to a total rating based on individual unemployability as of November 9, 1983. Therefore, DIC under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 is granted.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him totally disabled and unable to work from November 9, 1983, which was prior to his death in February [redacted], 1994.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of both feet, post-operative residuals of a laminectomy at L3-L4, post-operative residuals of a dislocated semilunar cartilage of the left knee, anxiety neurosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0030412
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