The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of a TDIU is denied because he did not meet the criteria for TDIU before January 22, 2009.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have a combined disability rating of 60% or more and did not meet the criteria for extraschedular TDIU prior to January 22, 2009.
- Claimed conditions
- neurogenic bladder, left lower extremity neuropathy, right lower extremity neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20002209
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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