The Board denied an earlier effective date for the TDIU rating, finding that it was not factually ascertainable that the veteran became individually unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities prior to September 24, 1997. The RO's decisions in April 1993 and November 1995 were found not to contain clear and unmistakable error.

The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the veteran had become individually unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities prior to September 24, 1997.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)"}, {"condition_name":"Shell fragment wound, right buttock, right thigh, Muscle Group XVII"}, {"condition_name":"Shell fragment wound, left leg (calf), Muscle Group XI"}, {"condition_name":"Shell fragment wound, right forearm (major) right ulnar nerve involvement"}, {"condition_name":"Shell fragment wound, upper right forearm (major), Muscle Group VIII, with retained foreign body"}, {"condition_name":"Shell fragment wound of the back, involvement of Muscle Group XX"}, {"condition_name":"Skin graft donor site, right thigh"}, {"condition_name":"Shell fragment wound, tender scar, right arm (major)"}, {"condition_name":"Shell fragment wound, left thigh, Muscle Group XIII"}

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

70%

Decision date

August 14, 2006

Citation

0624931

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