The Board has granted earlier effective dates for the Veteran's 80% disability rating for narcolepsy and TDIU claims, but denied them for other periods. The effective date for the 80% disability rating is set at February 6, 1991, while the TDIU claims are granted from July 17, 1986, to December 31, 1996.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's narcolepsy met the criteria for an 80% disability rating on February 6, 1991, and thus granted earlier effective dates for these claims. The TDIU claims were also granted as they are considered to be related to the service-connected narcolepsy.
- Claimed conditions
- narcolepsy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- August 16, 2022
- Citation
- 22046244
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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
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