The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have produced total occupational impairment from November 6, 2019. An effective date of February 5, 2020 is granted for the award of a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report conducted on November 6, 2019 made it factually ascertainable that an increase in disability had occurred within one year previous to the date of claim for entitlement to TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity cold injury residuals, bilateral hand cold injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 13, 2021
- Citation
- A21016713
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim of service connection for a bilateral hand condition, related to cold injury during service, has been reopened and granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death due to pending claims related to other conditions. The appeal will be deferred until all other issues are resolved.
- Granted
The Veteran's lumbar spine disability and bilateral lower extremity cold injury residuals have been granted a higher rating of 40 percent since July 11, 2013. Effective December 1, 2015, the Veteran has also received TDIU.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral lower extremity cold injury residuals and the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence to support these claims.
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