The Veteran is granted a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits, both effective May 17, 2016.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the Veteran's inability to work due to his service-connected disabilities during the period beginning May 17, 2016, and no earlier, warranting a TDIU on an extraschedular basis. The Veteran is also eligible for DEA benefits based on his total disability status.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2024
- Citation
- 24033050
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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