The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of TDIU due to service-connected disabilities, finding that there was no factually ascertainable increase in disability prior to September 11, 2012.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a factual increase in disability warranting an earlier effective date for TDIU before September 11, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent major depressive disorder, lumbar paravertebral myositis with straightening of the lumbar lordosis, post-traumatic headaches secondary to head trauma, muscle contraction and tensional type with migrainous component, mild toxic incipient cataracts, clinical gastritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2022
- Citation
- 22037015
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