The Board has granted effective dates of August 3, 2012 for both a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The effective date was determined as of when the Veteran became eligible for TDIU and DEA benefits, which occurred after August 3, 2012 based on his service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- hypothyroidism, bilateral flat feet, right elbow tenonitis, left elbow tendonitis, left knee chondromalacia, right knee chondromalacia, left ankle fracture, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), right shoulder rotator cuff repair, left eye pinguecula, right shoulder scar, left foot hallux valgus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19180544
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a deviated septum and denied compensable ratings for allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, hypothyroidism, and hypertension.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism, as it is presumptively linked to herbicide agent exposure during the Veteran's service in Vietnam.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected hypothyroidism and remanded the claim for service connection for lipomas (claimed as cysts surgery).
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to untimely filing of the Board Appeal requests.
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