The Board denied the claim for an earlier effective date of May 3, 1995 for the TDIU rating due to lack of evidence showing individual unemployability within one year prior to the June 1991 application.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence showing individual unemployability within the required timeframe before the current effective date of May 3, 1995.
- Claimed conditions
- low back strain with discogenic disease, left sciatica, postoperative right medial meniscectomy, arthritis of the right knee, recurrent neck strain, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- April 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0111722
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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