The Veteran is granted an effective date of October 11, 1991, but no earlier, for the award of TDIU.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not indicate that the Veteran's entitlement to TDIU became factually ascertainable in the one year prior to receipt of his informal claim, and thus the effective date is October 11, 1991, the date on which his informal claim was received.
- 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 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0907999
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.
What you can do next
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