The Board finds that the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to June 26, 2002 for the grant of Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) cannot be granted as his service-connected disabilities did not meet the criteria for TDIU at any time before June 26, 2002.
The deciding factor: The veteran's combined disability rating prior to June 26, 2002 was 60%, which does not reach the level required to warrant a TDIU. The effective date for his PTSD increased to 70% on that date, but he did not meet the criteria for TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Diabetes Mellitus, Dyshidrosis, Hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0617479
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