The Veteran's employment during the pendency of the appeal prevented a determination on his claim for TDIU prior to January 17, 2018. The Board denied the claim as he was employed and did not provide necessary evidence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to provide necessary information regarding his employment history which is required to substantiate the earlier effective date claim.
- Claimed conditions
- open angle glaucoma, pes planus and plantar fasciitis, pseudofolliculitis barbae with disfigurement, right shoulder impingement syndrome, left shoulder impingement syndrome, lumbosacral strain with myofascial syndrome, ureteritis cystica, cervical myofascial syndrome, pseudofolliculitis barbae, right hamstring and gluteus maximus strain with limitation of flexion, right hamstring and gluteus maximus strain with limitation of extension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20070655
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 and service connection for a left shoulder condition, as there was no evidence to support that his current disability was caused by VA treatment or related to his active military service.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae as the Veteran's condition did not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as it is unclear whether the Veteran's claimed conditions are due to any incident of his period of active service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of February 7, 2020, for the award of a 70 percent rating for unspecified depressive disorder and TDIU, but denied earlier effective dates for other conditions.
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