The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities, finding that all informal and formal claims were received by the VA after March 16, 1994.
The deciding factor: The earliest communication or piece of evidence that could reasonably be construed as a formal or informal claim for TDIU was received by the RO on March 16, 1994. The veteran did not file any claims prior to this date and thus, an earlier effective date is denied.
- Claimed conditions
- adhesions of peritoneum with spastic colon, wound of Muscle Group XIX abdominal muscles, wound of Muscle Group XX right spinal muscles, mild duodenitis, frostbite of hands with neuropathy, frostbite of feet with neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0201434
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