The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 16, 1994 for the veteran's award of TDIU and denied a disability rating in excess of 40 percent for his service-connected partial ankylosis of the left ankle with post operative osteomyelitis of the left ankle and foot, status post graft.
The deciding factor: The effective date was granted based on the RO hearing officer's decision that the veteran became eligible for TDIU as of May 15, 1995, which is when medical evidence showed osteomyelitis was again active and coincided with the date he stopped looking for work.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-operative osteomyelitis of the left ankle and foot, status post graft, Partial ankylosis of the left ankle, Degenerative changes of the left hip, Degenerative changes of the left knee, Dysthymic disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- November 8, 2002
- Citation
- 0216050
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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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