The veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for TDIU benefits from June 16, 1990 is granted. The decision acknowledges that the veteran may have had a pending claim for TDIU benefits since June 1990 and concludes that he met the criteria for TDIU benefits as of this date.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's unemployment from June 1990 could be attributed to his service-connected disabilities, which rendered him unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ulnar Nerve, Right Elbow Arthritis, Left Ulnar Nerve, Left Elbow Arthritis, Abdominal Pain, Hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2003
- Citation
- 0308081
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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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