The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) effective August 26, 2011. The previous decision had incorrectly assigned an effective date of August 25, 2011.
The deciding factor: The error in assigning the effective date was due to a clerical mistake where the Board overlooked that the Veteran was still employed on August 25, 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19165091
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,456 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for an earlier effective date than March 23, 2023 for TDIU as it was previously adjudicated in a previous decision.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to October 26, 2016, for TDIU and SMC based on housebound criteria are being remanded due to a duty-to-assist error. The Board finds that VA did not obtain relevant Social Security Administration (SSA) records which could be pertinent to the claims.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found a pre-decisional duty to assist error and has remanded the case for further development regarding the Veteran's work history and SSA disability records.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for discontinuance of TDIU, reduction of disability rating for acquired psychiatric disorder, and reduction of disability rating for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity due to lack of response from the Veteran within the required timeframe.
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