The Veteran's claim for TDIU is granted with an effective date of June 1, 2001. The original claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 were received in June 1997 and the Veteran became unemployable on June 2001.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's entitlement to TDIU arose on June 1, 2001 when he was first deemed unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities. The effective date is based on the earliest date of unemployability rather than the date of receipt of claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Right carotid artery blockage, Left carotid artery blockage
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2018
- Citation
- 1827370
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What this means for you
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