The Veteran's claim for TDIU was granted effective October 13, 2005, based on his combined service-connected disability rating of 80 percent from that date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran met the schedular criteria for TDIU as of October 13, 2005, and his claim was granted at that time.
- Claimed conditions
- Back disability, Right knee injury, Scars, Right hip condition, Right foot condition, Left knee condition, Right ankle condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- August 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1030584
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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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