The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to December 17, 2013, for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual employability (TDIU) was denied. The Board found that the earliest date it is factually ascertainable that the Veteran was unemployable due to his service-connected peripheral neuropathy of bilateral upper and lower extremities in conjunction with his service-connected heart disability was December 17, 2013.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran was incapable of obtaining or retaining substantially gainful employment prior to December 17, 2013, due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of bilateral upper and lower extremities, Heart disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 12, 2018
- Citation
- 18157255
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