The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to June 10, 2003, for the grant of TDIU as his disability was rated at 40% since 1978 and he did not meet the percentage requirements under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a) until June 10, 2003.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain was rated at 40% since 1978 and he did not meet the percentage requirements under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a) until June 10, 2003 when he also received separate ratings for sciatic neuropathy of the left and right lower extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, sciatic neuropathy (left lower extremity), sciatic neuropathy (right lower extremity)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- June 2, 2014
- Citation
- 1424742
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