The Veteran was in receipt of a total disability rating for compensation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) since October 2001, and the criteria for TDIU were met as of February 13, 2001. As the death occurred after the effective date of TDIU, DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 are granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had multiple service-connected disabilities with a combined total rating of 80 percent and was determined to be unemployable due to his service-connected conditions as early as February 2001, meeting the criteria for TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot disability, bilateral shin splints, bilateral knee degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2014
- Citation
- 1446104
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral foot disability is related to his active military service and grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for a new examination to address the Veteran's lay statements regarding her symptoms during service.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral foot disability and back disability have been granted due to the submission of new evidence. The AOJ is required to readjudicate these claims.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeals for the service connection of multiple conditions, including low back disability, bilateral foot disability, cervical spine disability, migraines, right hand and shoulder disabilities, right wrist disability, asthma (claimed as Gulf War Syndrome), chronic fatigue syndrome, dysmenorrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, and sleep disability. As a result, these claims are dismissed.
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