The Board granted an effective date of March 25, 1997 for the award of a permanent and total disability evaluation for pension purposes.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's multiple disabilities, including severe degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, lateral canal spondylosis, herniated lumbar disc, hypertension, and depression, were found to prevent employment from March 25, 1997, as determined by a Social Security Administration Administrative Law Judge.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0907633
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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