The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for TDIU and dependency benefits were denied as there was no evidence of unemployability or change in dependents status prior to the assigned effective dates.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing that the Veteran was unable to obtain and retain employment due to service-connected disabilities prior to the assigned effective dates, nor any indication of a change in dependency status within one year from those dates.
- Claimed conditions
- uveitis, anxiety reaction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2010
- Citation
- 1006896
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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