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The January 1982 rating decision denied the veteran's claim for entitlement to total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU). The August 1993 rating decision granted TDIU but assigned an effective date of March 16, 1993. However, the veteran did not meet the statutory duration requirements for a total disability rating at the time of his death in April 2002.

The deciding factor: The veteran's combined service-connected disability rating was less than 10 years prior to his death, failing the statutory requirement for DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.

Claimed conditions
Right knee and leg disabilities, Right hip fracture
How they argued it
Direct service connection
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
January 5, 2005
Citation
0500275

Veterans Law Judge

F. Judge Flowers

Decisions by this judge: 1,514 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

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