The Board has granted effective dates of August 3, 2012 for both the TDIU and DEA benefits based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The effective date was determined to be August 3, 2012 as this is when the Veteran first received a combined disability rating of at least 70 percent due to his service-connected conditions, which met the criteria for TDIU and DEA benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypothyroidism, Bilateral flat feet, Right elbow tenonitis, Left elbow tendonitis, Left knee chondromalacia, Right knee chondromalacia, Left ankle fracture, PFB (Pseudofolliculitis Barbae), Right shoulder rotator cuff repair, Left eye pinguecula, Right shoulder scar, Left foot hallux valgus, Right foot hallux valgus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19180544
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,455 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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