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Granted

The veteran was granted an effective date of June 13, 2001, for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran was unemployable for a year prior to his formal claim in June 2002, and he should be granted the benefit of the doubt.

Claimed conditions
Not specified in this decision
How they argued it
Not specified
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
January 14, 2009
Citation
0901587

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.

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