The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of TDIU was denied as he did not meet the schedular or extraschedular criteria for a TDIU prior to July 1, 2000.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not have a combined disability evaluation meeting the threshold requirement for a TDIU (70%) until his April and May 2000 ratings increased his right elbow disorder from 30% to 50%, resulting in a total of 70%. The effective date was then granted on July 1, 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right radius fracture with wrist fusion, right hip scar, as a residual of a bone graft, degenerative changes of the right elbow with arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2003
- Citation
- 0315812
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What this means for you
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