The Veteran's claim for Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP) prior to August 1, 2019 was denied because he did not have a combined disability rating of at least 50 percent until July 12, 2019. The law requires that the Veteran must have a combined disability rating of at least 50 percent in order to qualify for CRDP.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined disability rating was less than 50 percent prior to July 12, 2019, which is when he received service connection for a bilateral foot disability and his combined disability rating increased to at least 60 percent. Therefore, he did not meet the requirement of having a combined disability rating of at least 50 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple disabilities, Bilateral foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2021
- Citation
- A21019102
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