The veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities was granted effective March 3, 1966. The effective date of the grant is determined by the date of receipt of his formal claim in May 1967.
The deciding factor: The RO assigned an earlier effective date of March 3, 1966 based on the veteran's entitlement to service connection for kidney stones and organic brain disorder as a result of VA hospitalization, which occurred within one year of active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Kidney stones, Organic brain disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- November 26, 2002
- Citation
- 0217140
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes type II and kidney stones as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during active service, manifested within one year of service, or were otherwise related to an in-service injury, disease, or exposure.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for various conditions as they were duplicative of other appeals.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, and kidney stones due to a pre-decisional error in satisfying statutory or regulatory duties.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions are remanded due to the need for additional development regarding in-service exposure and continuity of symptoms.
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