The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities was granted effective as of April 13, 2006. The Board found that the increase in disability occurred more than one year prior to the date of the claim and thus denied an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's unemployability began in 1979, which is more than a year before his April 2006 claim for TDIU. The service-connected disabilities causing his unemployability were already at their current levels of disability prior to the April 2006 claim.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disability, diabetes, back disability, neuropathic disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2014
- Citation
- 1422507
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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