The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as of April 11, 2008, and therefore grants an earlier effective date for TDIU.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities made it impossible for him to work full-time since April 11, 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- knee disability, ankle sprain, osteoarthritis, low back pain, tenosynovitis, rheumatism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2017
- Citation
- 1719325
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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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