The veteran's claim for TDIU was granted with an effective date of March 14, 2002. The RO considered the January 1995 SSA award letter as a pending claim for TDIU and determined that the earliest date entitlement arose is October 19, 2000.
The deciding factor: The veteran's combined disability rating of 80% due to service-connected disabilities established an effective date of March 14, 2002. The January 1995 SSA award letter was construed as a pending claim for TDIU and the earliest date entitlement arose is October 19, 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, scar, shell fragment wound of the right knee, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- March 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0608486
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.
What you can do next
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