The Board granted an effective date of April 30, 2000 for the grant of a TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The earliest date as of which it was factually ascertainable that the Veteran was unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities is June 23, 1998. The effective date is set at April 30, 2000 based on when the claim for TDIU was received.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary sarcoidosis, Cervical disk disease, Chronic pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0924962
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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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