The Veteran's claim for a TDIU was granted effective December 9, 2015. The Board has determined that the earliest date on which he met the schedular criteria for entitlement to a TDIU is June 7, 2006. Therefore, an effective date of August 24, 2012 (the date the claim was received) is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy, and ischemic heart disease, established his unemployability as of June 7, 2006. The effective date for the TDIU award is set at August 24, 2012, which corresponds to when the claim was received.
- Claimed conditions
- type II diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy, ischemic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19105447
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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