The veteran is presumed to be totally disabled (due to permanent disability) for VA pension purposes, and thus qualifies for a permanent and total disability rating as of September 17, 2001.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the presumption of total disability established by the Social Security Administration (SSA), which found the veteran disabled effective February 15, 1989.
- Claimed conditions
- venous insufficiency, ulcerations in the legs
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2002
- Citation
- 0200634
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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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