The Board found that the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities was filed on September 30, 1998. The evidence did not show he had become unable to work prior to this date.
The deciding factor: The effective date could not be established earlier than September 30, 1998 as the claim for TDIU was received on that date and there is no evidence of unemployability prior to then.
- Claimed conditions
- Major motor seizures, Neurotic depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 2, 2004
- Citation
- 0431967
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