The Board has granted an earlier effective date of December 14, 1993 for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim for TDIU was received by the RO on December 14, 1993 and granted effective from that date.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disorder, enucleation of the left eye, right ulnar neuropathy, residuals of fracture of the maxilla, shell fragment wound to the right scapula, shell fragment wound to the right arm, shell fragment wound to the right thigh, shell fragment wound to the left thigh, disfiguring scar of the left orbital region, headaches due to a temporal mandibular joint (TMJ) disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- June 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0115840
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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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