The veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted with an effective date of March 19, 1996.
The deciding factor: Entitlement to TDIU was factually ascertainable one year before the receipt of the March 18, 1997 claim and the veteran's service-connected disabilities satisfied the threshold percentage criteria for a TDIU award.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0208012
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