The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected disabilities, including post-traumatic stress disorder and other conditions, did not result in unemployability prior to April 21, 2000. As such, the effective date for TDIU is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the veteran was unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due solely to his service-connected disabilities prior to April 21, 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder, left buttock shell fragment wound, frostbite neuralgia of the left foot, hydrocele, posterior chest shell fragment wound scar, scabies
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 18, 2007
- Citation
- 0711551
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