The Board granted service connection for the veteran's back disorder, TDIU based on this disability, and special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1114(s) with effective dates of June 13, 2000.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted due to evidence in the file at the date of death, which established that the veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- back injury, degenerative joint disease, lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- May 21, 2001
- Citation
- 0114159
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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.
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