The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU, finding that any prior claims were implicitly denied and that no communications before June 2004 raised the issue of TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's May 1990 hearing testimony implicitly raised the issue of TDIU, but the RO's July 1991 rating decision also referenced his employment history and denied his increased rating claims, which could be considered an implicit denial of TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- Spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1008770
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