The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of October 15, 1998, for the assignment of a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability was granted. The effective date was assigned due to his service-connected disabilities preventing him from engaging in substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to engage in substantially gainful employment compatible with his education and work experience, warranting the earlier effective date for the total rating based on individual unemployability.
- Claimed conditions
- eczema, back disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- May 15, 2002
- Citation
- 0204547
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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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- Denied
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