The Veteran is granted an effective date of September 19, 2017 for the award of total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected bilateral cataracts and diabetes.
The deciding factor: The Board found that it was factually ascertainable within one year prior to the Veteran's May 24, 2018 application for TDIU that he could not secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected bilateral eye condition and diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes, bilateral cataracts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 31, 2019
- Citation
- A19002431
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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