The Board has granted an effective date of March 17, 1999 for a Total Disability Evaluation for Compensation Purposes Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU). The veteran's claim was pending since July 12, 1998 and the RO initially granted TDIU retroactively to that date.
The deciding factor: The effective date of March 17, 1999 is established as the earliest date on which it can be determined that the veteran met the criteria for a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- carpal tunnel syndrome, hiatal hernia, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), arthritis of the cervical spine, arthritis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2004
- Citation
- 0413106
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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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