The Veteran's claim for a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is denied because the increase in his service-connected disabilities occurred more than one year prior to the February 8, 2018 application.
The deciding factor: The effective date cannot be earlier than the date of the claim due to the fact that the increase in disability did not occur within a year prior to the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Total Disability Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2020
- Citation
- A20018633
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