The Board has determined that the veteran became entitled to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as of June 5, 1989. The effective date for this award is set at June 5, 1989.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran was unable to work due to his service-connected right foot disability as early as June 5, 1989, and this unemployability has been factually ascertainable since then.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot paresthesias, postoperative right knee chondromalacia, limitation of motion of the right knee with post-traumatic arthritis, left knee chondromalacia, right great toe fracture, left cheek scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 14, 2003
- Citation
- 0304785
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 60 percent rating for left cheek lichen simplex chronicus but denied a separate compensable rating for the left cheek scar.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a higher rating of 20 percent for the right great toe fracture but denied increased ratings for lumbosacral and thoracic strain with intervertebral disc syndrome, acromioclavicular joint separation, right shoulder, and service connection for joint pains.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher initial rating for left knee limitation of extension and an increased rating for left knee chondromalacia.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for higher ratings of his left and right knee conditions, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these issues.
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